| En una manada vi
| In a herd I saw
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| Un potro que me gustó
| A foal that I liked
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| Me fui con el hacendado
| I went with the rancher
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| Señor traigo una tratada
| Lord I bring a treaty
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| Quiero que me de un caballo
| I want you to give me a horse
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| Por mi yegua colorada
| For my red mare
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| ¿Qué caballo es el que quieres?
| Which horse is the one you want?
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| Pa' que podamos tratar
| So that we can treat
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| Un potro lobo-gateado
| A wolf-crawling foal
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| Que ayer vi en el corral
| That yesterday I saw in the corral
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| Que charros y caporales
| What charros and caporales
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| No lo han podido amansar
| They have not been able to tame him
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| Yo lo vi entre diez caballos
| I saw him between ten horses
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| El cual era el más bonito
| which was the prettiest
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| Si por duro lo dejaron
| If they left it because it was hard
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| Lo duro yo se lo quito
| I take it off
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| Si lo compro lo verán
| If I buy it they will see it
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| Dirigiéndose solito
| heading alone
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| Te doy mil quinientos pesos
| I give you one thousand five hundred pesos
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| Y el potro te lo regalo
| And I give you the colt
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| No lo quiero por regego
| I do not want it by regego
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| Pensaba meterlo al carro
| I was thinking of putting it in the car
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| Que a charros y a caporales
| Than charros and caporales
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| A todos los ha tumbado
| He has knocked them all down
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| Luego que ya se hizo de él
| After he was done with it
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| El charro le hechó la hablada
| The charro made the talk
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| Ahora juega mi caballo
| Now play my horse
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| Con su yegua colorada
| With his red mare
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| Nomás me da un ribetito
| He just gives me a little rib
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| Está dura la jugada
| The play is hard
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| Le contestó el hacendado
| The rancher answered
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| No digas que tengo miedo
| don't say i'm scared
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| Vámonos a la oficina
| let's go to the office
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| A depositar el dinero
| to deposit the money
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| La carrera la dejamos
| We leave the race
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| Para el día 2 de febrero
| For the 2nd of February
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| Se llegó el dichoso día
| the happy day has arrived
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| De la carrera afamada
| of the famous race
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| Volaban pesos tronchados
| They flew chopped pesos
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| A la yegua colorada
| To the red mare
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| Y al potro lobo-gateado
| And the wolf-crawling foal
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| Ni quien le apostara nada
| Nor who would bet him anything
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| Se arrancaron los caballos
| the horses were pulled
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| Y el caballo no se vio
| And the horse was not seen
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| Se cubrió de polvareda
| He was covered in dust
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| Que caballo tan violento
| what a violent horse
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| Nomás alas le faltaron
| Only wings were missing
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| Para volar por el viento
| To fly through the wind
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| Ya con esta me despido
| With this I say goodbye
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| Dispensen lo mal trovado
| Dispense the bad trovado
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| Aquí da fin el corrido
| Here the corrido ends
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| De un charro y un hacendado
| Of a charro and a landowner
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| De la yegua colorada
| of the red mare
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| Y el potro lobo-gateado | And the wolf-crawling foal |