| En la raya dos caballos
| In line two horses
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| En la meta dos pistolas
| In the goal two pistols
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| En el pueblo no había feria
| In the town there was no fair
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| En él llano no había bolas
| On it flat there were no balls
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| Era una carrera a muerte
| It was a race to the death
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| Era una carrera a solas
| It was a solo race
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| Juan Pedro dice a Jacinto
| Juan Pedro tells Jacinto
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| Vamos a echarnos un trago
| let's have a drink
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| Porque si te falla el Pinto
| Because if the Pinto fails you
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| En esta noche te acabo
| On this night I finish you
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| Y yo sé bien que ni el viento
| And I know well that not even the wind
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| Le gana a mi Colorado
| beats my Colorado
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| Entonces dijo Jacinto
| Then Hyacinth said
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| Mientras Juan Pedro bebia
| While Juan Pedro was drinking
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| Que Dios te lleve a su reino
| May God take you to his kingdom
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| Que perdone tu osadia
| forgive your audacity
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| Voy a ganar la carrera
| I'm going to win the race
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| Y esa mujer va a ser mia
| And that woman is going to be mine
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| Y estando la luna llena
| And when the moon is full
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| Brindaron por la Maria
| They toasted to Maria
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| Era la hembra bonita
| She was the pretty female
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| Que los dos hombres querian
| that the two men wanted
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| Estando la luna llena
| being the full moon
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| Los dos a un tiempo contaron
| The two at the same time counted
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| Y donde hicieron el brindis
| And where they made the toast
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| La polvadera dejaron
| The dustpan left
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| Pasadito el medio llano
| Past the middle level
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| Los caballos se atracaban
| the horses docked
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| Como si ya presintieran
| As if they already sensed
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| Que a la muerte se acercaban
| That death was approaching
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| Y al llegar a la meta
| And when you reach the goal
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| Esa carrera empataban
| That race tied
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| Y estando la luna llena
| And when the moon is full
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| Descontaron sus pistolas
| They discounted their pistols
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| En el pueblo no habia feria
| In the town there was no fair
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| En el llano no habia bolas
| In the plain there were no balls
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| Estando la luna llena
| being the full moon
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| Cinco balazos sonaros
| five sound shots
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| Tres acabaron con Pedro
| Three finished with Pedro
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| Dos a Jacinto mataron
| Two killed Jacinto
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| Dos amigos
| Two friends
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| Dos caballos
| Two horses
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| Dos pistolas
| Two guns
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| Y un amor
| and a love
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| Los amigos ya murieron
| friends already died
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| Las pistolas se perdieron
| the guns were lost
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| Los caballos sepa Dios
| The horses know God
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| Dos amigos
| Two friends
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| Dos caballos
| Two horses
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| Dos pistolas
| Two guns
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| Y un amor
| and a love
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| Los amigos ya murieron
| friends already died
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| Las pistolas se perdieron
| the guns were lost
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| La María se encuentra en flor | Mary is in bloom |