| El era un hombre de campo
| He was a country man
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| Oriundo de Nuevo León
| Native of Nuevo Leon
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| Tenía apenas 19 años
| He was just 19 years old
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| Su nombre: José Pérez León
| His name of him: José Pérez León
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| Tenía un primo lejano
| He had a distant cousin
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| Que de mojado se fue
| How wet it went
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| Al poco tiempo le envió un telegrama
| Shortly after, he sent her a telegram
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| Diciendo ven pronto José
| Saying come soon José
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| Pues un trabajo le habían encontrando
| Well, they had found a job for him
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| Piscando algodón como él
| Picking cotton like him
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| Y se fue, y se fue
| And he's gone, and he's gone
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| Ahogando en llanto en el adiós
| Drowning in tears at goodbye
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| Con su mujer
| With his wife
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| Se fue, sin saber
| He left, not knowing
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| Que de ese viaje ya jamás iba a volver
| That from that trip he was never going to return
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| Pobre José
| poor joseph
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| Cuando llegó a la frontera
| When he reached the border
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| Con Willy se entrevistó
| With Willy he interviewed
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| Era el pollero más afamado
| He was the most famous chicken
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| Y astuto de la región
| And cunning of the region
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| Le dijo Pepe hoy estás de suerte
| Pepe told him today you're in luck
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| Mañana te cruzo yo…
| I'll cross you tomorrow...
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| La madrugada de un viernes
| The dawn of a Friday
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| En una vieja estación
| in an old station
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| 20 inocentes pagaban su cuota
| 20 innocents paid their fee
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| Entre ellos José Pérez León
| Among them Jose Perez Leon
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| Y sin dudarlo a todos subieron
| And without hesitation they all went up
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| En el interior de un vagón
| Inside a wagon
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| El tren cruzó al otro lado
| The train crossed to the other side
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| Casi 7 horas después
| almost 7 hours later
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| Fue cuando el aire empezó a terminarse
| It was when the air began to run out
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| Y ya nada pudieron hacer
| And they couldn't do anything
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| Nadie escuchó aquellos gritos de auxilio
| No one heard those cries for help
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| Y la puerta no quiso ceder
| And the door did not want to give in
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| Uno por uno se fueron cayendo
| One by one they fell
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| Y asi falleció el buen José
| And that's how good José passed away
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| Y se fue, y se fue
| And he's gone, and he's gone
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| A cruzar el cielo con sus ancias de crecer
| To cross the sky with his ances to grow
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| Se fue, sin saber
| He left, not knowing
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| Que ya su esposa un hijo suyo iba a tener
| That his wife was going to have a child of his
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| Pobre José
| poor joseph
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| Así termina la historia, no queda más que contar
| This is how the story ends, there is nothing left to tell
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| De otro paisano que arriesga la vida
| From another countryman who risks his life
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| Y que muere como ilegal
| And that he dies as an illegal
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| De aquel José que mil sueños tenía y que a casa
| Of that José who had a thousand dreams and who went home
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| Jamás volvera… | He will never come back... |