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Jacinto Treviño
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As Written
By Paredes <W91>
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Espanol
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English
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Ya con �sta van tres veces
Que se ha visto lo bonito,
La primera fue en Macalen,
En Br�nsvil y en San Benito.
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With this it will be three times
that remarkable things have happened,
the first time in McAllen,
then in Brownsville and San Benito.
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Y en la cantina de Bekar
Se agarraron a balazos,
Por dondequiera saltaban
Botellas hechas pedazos.
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They had a shootout
at Baker's saloon;
broken bottles were popping
all over the place.
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Esa cantina de Bekar
Al momento qued� sola,
Nomas Jacinto Treviño
De carabina y pistola.
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Baker's saloon
was immediately deserted;
only Jacinto Treviño remained,
with his rifle and his pistol.
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-Entrenle, rinches cobardes,
que el pleito no es con un ni�o,
quer�an conocer se padre,
!yo soy Jacinto Treviño!
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"Come on you cowardly rinches,
you're not playing with a child.
You wanted to meet your father?
I am Jacinto Treviño!
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-Entrenle, rinches cobardes,
validos de la ocasi�n,
no van a comer pan blanco
con tajadas de jam�n.-
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"Come on you cowardly rinches,
you always like to take the advantage;
this is not like eating white bread
with slices of ham."
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Dec�a el Rinche Mayor,
como era un americano:
-�Ah, que Jacinto tan hombre,
no niega el ser mexicano!-
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The chief of the rinches said,
even though he was an American,
"Ah, what a brave man is Jacinto;
you can see he is a Mexican!"
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Dec�a Jacinto Treviño
que se mor�a de la risa:
- A m� me hacen los ojales,
los pu�os de la camisa.-
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Then said Jacinto Treviño,
who was dying of laughter,
"All you're good for is to make the buttonholes
and the cuffs on my shirt."
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Dec�a Jacinto Treviño,
abroch�ndose un zapato:
-Aqu� traigo m�s cartuchos
pa' divertirnos un rato.-
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Then Jacinto Treviño,
as he was tying his shoe,
" I have more cartridges here,
so we can amuse ourselves a while."
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Dec�a Jacinto Treviño,
con su pistola en la mano:
-No corran, rinches cobardes,
con un solo mexicano.-
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Then said Jacinto Treviño,
with his pistol in his hand,
"Don't run you cowardly rinches,
from a single Mexican."
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Dec�a Jacinto Treviño:
-Yo ya me me vo' a retirar,
me voy para Rio Grande
y all� los voy a esperar.-
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Then said Jacinto Treviño,
"I am going to retire.
I am going to the Rio Grande city,
and I will wait for you there."
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Dec�a Jacinto Treviño,
al bajar una bajada:
-�Ay, qu� rinches tan cobardes,
que no me haigan hecho nada!-
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Then said Jacinto Treviño,
as he came down an incline,
"Ah, what a cowardly bunch of rinches;
they didn't do anything to me!"
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Dec�a Jacinto Treviño,
andando en Nuevo Laredo:
-Yo soy Jacinto Trevi�o,
nacido en Montemorelos.-
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Then said Jacinto Treviño,
when he was in Nuevo Laredo,
"I am Jacinto Trevi�o,
born in Montemorelos."
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Ya con �sta me despido
aqu� a presencia de todos,
yo soy Jacinto Treviño,
vecino de Matamoros.
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Now with I say farewell,
here in everybody's presence;
I am Jacinto Treviño,
a citizen of Matamoros.
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