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Thread #10230 Message #69575
Posted By: Les B
09-Apr-99 - 11:45 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Tune Req: Joaquin Murrieta
Subject: ADD:Corrido de Joaquin Murrieta
Is it possibly "Corrido De Joaquin Murieta" ?
Here are the words in English from "Songs of the Great American West" - Silber & Robinson CORRIDO DE JOAQUIN MURIETA
I am not American But I understand English I learned it from my brother Right-side up and up-side-down And I can make any American Tremble at my feet
When I was just a little boy I was left an orphan Without anybody to love me My brother was killed And my wife, Carmelita, How she was tortured
I came from Hermosillo In search of gold and riches The good and simple Indian I defended fiercely The sheriffs had put A good price on my head
I have been in every cafe Fighting with the Americans "You then are the captain Who killed my brother You caught him unarmed Proud American"
I was traveling in California In the year eighteen hundred and fifty With my pistol in my belt And the cartridge belt was full I'm that Mexican Whose name is Joaquin Murieta
We're going to make a raid, It will be wild and fast, With plenty of horses And a hundred pesos in bills I'm also bringing with me "Three Fingers" Who has been a faithful friend