| Cuando te cases con el otro ire a tu boda
| When you marry the other I will go to your wedding
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| Cuando pregunten en seguida me opendre
| When they ask, I will immediately open up
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| Y si pregunta el jura que porque me opongo
| And if he asks, he swears that because I object
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| Yo le dire que porque tu eres mi querer
| I will tell him that because you are my love
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| Y si se enoja el que ira ser tu esposo
| And if he gets angry, the one who will be your husband
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| Saco mi cuete y me pongo a disparar
| I take out my cuete and start shooting
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| Al fin y al cabo yo no le tengo a la muerte
| After all, I don't have death
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| Y voy al bote porque soy la autoridad
| And I go to the boat because I'm the authority
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| Ay, Anselma, Anselma, Anselma
| Oh, Anselma, Anselma, Anselma
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| Chaparra de mis penares
| Chaparra of my sorrows
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| O, dejas que te visite
| Or, you let me visit you
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| O, te mando a los jendarmes
| Or, I send you to the jendarmes
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| Y si te niegas a matrimoniar conmigo
| And if you refuse to marry me
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| Les quiteo el rancho y propiedad de tu papa
| I take away your father's ranch and property
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| Les pongo ipuestos y hasta les quemo la casa
| I put taxes on them and I even burned down their house
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| Porque por algo soy aqui la autoridad
| Because for something I am the authority here
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| Yo ordeno, y mando en todo este munisipio
| I order, and command in all this municipality
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| Yo te lo digo por si quieres escapar
| I tell you in case you want to escape
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| Aya en el otro el que manda es mi tio elijio
| Aya in the other one the one in charge is my uncle elijio
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| No mas le digo y te tiene que agarrar
| I just tell him and he has to grab you
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| Ay, Anselma, Anselma, Anselma
| Oh, Anselma, Anselma, Anselma
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| Chaparra de mis penares
| Chaparra of my sorrows
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| O, dejas que te visite
| Or, you let me visit you
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| O, te mando a los jendarmes | Or, I send you to the jendarmes |