| Todos atentos señores
| All attentive gentlemen
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| Que voy a cantarles un nuevo corrido
| I'm going to sing you a new corrido
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| De un hombre que era valiente
| Of a man who was brave
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| Alegre y decente de eso soy testigo
| Cheerful and decent I am a witness
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| Con las damas caballero
| With the gentlemen ladies
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| Amigo sincero, fue de los mejores
| Sincere friend, it was one of the best
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| Entre las hembras hermosas
| Among the beautiful females
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| Se ganó su apodo el bandido de amores
| He earned his nickname from him the love bandit
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| Cuando el bandido llegaba
| When the bandit arrived
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| La banda tocaba Gabino Barrera
| The band played Gabino Barrera
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| Porque era indio sureño
| Cause he was a southern indian
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| Y padre de muchos frontera a frontera
| And father of many border to border
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| Un día domingo en mi pueblo
| One Sunday in my town
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| Conoce a una chula saliendo de misa
| Meet a chula coming out of mass
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| Reverenció su sombrero
| He bowed his hat
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| Y la chula coqueta con él se desliza
| And the flirtatious chula with him slips
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| Ya por la noche en la feria
| Already at night at the fair
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| Andaba en sus brazos estando pedida
| She walked in her arms being asked
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| No imaginaba mi amigo
| I did not imagine my friend
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| Que por esa hembra perdiera la vida
| That for that female he lost his life
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| Cuando el bandido bailaba
| When the bandit danced
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| La banda tocaba Gabino Barrera
| The band played Gabino Barrera
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| El novio andaba tomando
| The boyfriend was drinking
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| Dice al cantinero, 'mi novia me espera'
| He says to the bartender, 'my girlfriend is waiting for me'
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| Luego se va para el baile
| Then he leaves for the dance
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| Descubre a la ingrata allá entre la bola
| Discover the ungrateful there between the ball
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| Se le acercó por la espalda
| He approached her from behind
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| Y contra el bandido vació su pistola
| And against the bandit he emptied his pistol
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| El novio ya está en la cárcel
| The boyfriend is already in jail
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| El bandido muerto y la coqueta sola
| The dead bandit and the lonely flirt
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| El novio ya está en la cárcel
| The boyfriend is already in jail
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| El bandido muerto y la coqueta sola | The dead bandit and the lonely flirt |