| El Rey Del Corral (original) | El Rey Del Corral (translation) |
|---|---|
| Señores pongan cuidado | gentlemen be careful |
| Porque les voy a cantar | Because I'm going to sing to them |
| Versos que le compuse | Verses that I composed |
| Al que era el rey del corral | To the one who was the king of the corral |
| Mi retinto consentido | My consented withdrawal |
| Nacido alla por parral | Born there by parral |
| La historia empieza señores | The story begins gentlemen |
| Cuando llego un coronel | When a colonel arrived |
| Y encendiendo su cigarro | And lighting his cigarette |
| Con un billete de 100 | With a 100 bill |
| Ycomo en tono de burla | And as in a mocking tone |
| Me dijo compro el corcel | He told me I bought the steed |
| Mi corenel le contesto | My corenel answered him |
| Si algo me quiere comprar | If you want to buy me something |
| Le vendo mis propiedades | I sell my properties |
| Pero jamas mi corcel | But never my steed |
| Solamente que me mate se | Only that it kills me |
| Puede quedar con el | You can stay with him |
| El coronel indignado | The outraged colonel |
| Por lo que acaba de oir | From what he just heard |
| Saca su 45 | Pull out your 45 |
| Sin dejar de maldecir | without stopping cursing |
| Si no me vendes tu cuaco | If you don't sell me your cuaco |
| Aqui te vas a morir | Here you are going to die |
| «Todo menos mi caballo | "Everything but my horse |
| Mi mujer y mi pistola» | My wife and my gun» |
| Cuando me estaba apuntando | when i was pointing |
| Con intencion criminal | with criminal intent |
| Como caido del cielo | like fallen from the sky |
| Se aperecio mi animal | My animal appeared |
| Dando feroces patadas | giving fierce kicks |
| Medio mato al militar | I half killed the military |
| Con la mirada extraviada | with a lost look |
| Y en el ultimo suspiro | And in the last breath |
| El coronel que agoniza | The dying colonel |
| Jalo una vez del gatillo | I pull the trigger once |
| Dandole muerte instantanea | Giving you instant death |
| Al retinto consentido | to the consented withdrawal |
| Tengo una deuda señores | I have a debt gentlemen |
| Con ese noble animal | With that noble animal |
| Que sin medir consecuencias | That without measuring consequences |
| Mi vida vino a salvar | My life came to save |
| Por eso canto el corrido | That's why I sing the corrido |
| Del que era el rey del corral | The one who was the king of the corral |
