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Corrido De Gregorio Cortez

En el condado del Carmen
Miren lo que ha sucedido:
Murió el Cherife Mayor
Quedando Román herido

Otro día por la mañana
Cuando la gente llegó
Unos a los otros dicen:
"No saben quien lo mató"

Anduvieron informando
Como tres horas después
Supieron que el malhechor
Era Gregorio Cortez

Insortaron a Cortez
Por toditito el estado:
"Vivo o muerto que se aprehenda
Porque a varios ha matado"

Decía Gregorio Cortez
Con la pistola en la mano:
"No siento haberlo matado
Al que siento es a mi hermano"

Decía Gregorio Cortez
Con su alma muy encendida:
" Síganme rinches cobardes
La defensa es permitida"

Gregorio le dice a Juan:
"Muy pronto lo vas a ver
Anda y dile a los cherifes
Que me vengan a aprehender

Decían los americanos:
"¿Si lo vemos qué le haremos?
Si le entramos por derecho
Muy poquitos volveremos"

Agarraron a Cortez ya terminó
La cuestión la pobre de su familia
La lleva en el corazón

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

In the county of Carmen
Listen to what has happened:
The Sheriff has been killed
And Román was injured

The next morning
When the people arrived
They said to each other:
"No one knows who killed him"

They spread the news
For about three hours
Then they found out that the culprit
Was Gregorio Cortez

They accused Cortez
Throughout the state:
"Capture him dead or alive
Because he has killed several"

Gregorio Cortez said
With a gun in his hand:
"I don't regret killing him
I regret killing my brother"

Gregorio Cortez said
With his soul ablaze:
"Come and get me, you cowards
Self-defense is a right"

Gregorio tells Juan:
"You'll see it soon enough
Go and tell the sheriffs
To come and arrest me"

The Americans said:
"If we see him, what will we do?
If we confront him directly
Very few of us will return"

They captured Cortez, and it's over
The problem is, his poor family
Will carry this burden in their hearts