Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song El Fusilado, artist - Chumbawamba. Date of issue: 16.03.2008
Song language: English
El Fusilado |
| Listen close to this crooked mouth |
| For my story I will tell-o |
| Lived in Mexico by the name of Wenseslao Moguel-o |
| Left my home in Santiago |
| The heart of the city of Merida |
| Served with my brothers and sisters all |
| For the army of Pancho Villa |
| Stand me straight against the nearest wall |
| Line up your bravest soldiers oh Ten good shots I’ll take them all |
| They call me El Fusilado |
| The Federales captured me Bound up my arms with wire |
| Officer comes he says «Take your aim — |
| Steady your guns and fire!» |
| Bullet holes all across my chest |
| Ripped up my shirt and my body-o |
| Heart beat on through the silenced guns |
| To the rhythm of life inside me-o |
| Stand me straight against the nearest wall |
| Line up your bravest soldiers oh Ten good shots I’ll take them all |
| They call me El Fusilado |
| Fell to the ground the officer came |
| One last shot to the head-o |
| Heard through the pain as he walked away |
| And left me there for dead-o |
| All went quiet so I crawled away |
| I wasn’t giving up to the glory |
| Ten good shots I took them all |
| And lived to tell my story |
| Stand me straight against the nearest wall |
| Line up your bravest soldiers oh Ten good shots I’ll take them all |
| They call me El Fusilado. |
| A true story. |
| Wenseslao Moguel was captured while fighting in the Mexican |
| revolution in 1915 and without trial sentenced to face the firing squad, |
| ‘las sentencias al paredon'. |
| After being shot by the squad, and despite |
| receiving the ‘tiro de gracia' (shot at close range by the captain), |
| Wenseslao somehow survived. |
| He managed to escape and spent much of his life |
| touring the USA with the ‘Ripley's Believe It Or Not' travelling museum. |