Lyrics of El Preso Numero Nueve (Prisoner Number Nine) - Joan Baez

El Preso Numero Nueve (Prisoner Number Nine) (original)

El preso numero nueve ya lo van a confesar
Esta encerrado en la celda con el cura del penal
Y antes del amanecer la vida le han de quitar
Porque mató a su mujer y a un amigo desleal
Dice así al confesar
Los maté si señor
Y si vuelvo a nacer
Yo los vuelvo a matar
Padre no me arrepiento
Ni me da miedo la eternidad
Yo se que allá en el cielo
El que juzga nos juzgará
Voy a seguir sus pasos
Voy a buscarla hasta el más allá
Ay.
yayayayayyyyy
El preso numero nueve era un hombre muy cabal
Iba en la noche del pueble muy contento en su jacal
Pero al mirar a su amor en brazos de su rival
Ardió en el pecho el rencor y no se pudo aguantar
Al sonar el clarín se formo el pelotón
Iban al paredón solo alcanzo a decir:
Padre no me arrepiento ni me da miedo la eternidad
Yo se que allá en el cielo el que juzga nos juzgará
Voy a seguir sus pasos voy a buscarla hasta el más alla
Ay.
yayayayayyyyy yaay

(translation)

Prisoner number nine is going to confess
He is locked in the cell with the prison priest
And before dawn, life must be taken away
Because he killed his wife and a disloyal friend
He says so when confessing
I killed them yes sir
And if I am born again
I kill them again
Father I do not regret
I am not afraid of eternity
I know that there in heaven
He who judges will judge us
I will follow in your footsteps
I'm going to look for her to the afterlife
Oh.
yayayayayyyyy
Prisoner number nine was a very thorough man
He went to town at night very happy in his shack
But looking at his love of him in the arms of his rival
The resentment burned in his chest and he could not stand it
When the bugle sounded, the platoon was formed
They went to the wall, they only managed to say:
Father I do not regret nor am I afraid of eternity
I know that there in heaven the one who judges will judge us
I'm going to follow in her footsteps I'm going to look for her to the afterlife
Oh.
yayayayayyyyy yaay