Lyrics of Corrido de Boxeo - Ry Cooder

Corrido de Boxeo (original)

Que ironia, si lo sabes
Que habian dos hermanos Chavez
Pugilistas que nacieron en mero
Chavez Ravine
Carlos y Fabela Chavez, de La Loma
Y Palo Verde, decian, «Si peleas limpio
What an irony, if you know
About two brothers named Chavez
Boxers who were born right there in
Chavez Ravine
Carlos and Fabela Chavez, from La Loma
And Palo Verde, said, «If you fight clean
Chavez Ravine 3
More…
Siempre ganas, nunca pierdes."
En el Auditorio Olimpic
Quedaban bien por la gente
Nunca hiceron enemigos
Peleaban honoradamente
Mas no pudieron ganar
El pleito de Chavez Ravine
Se deshicieron encima con mentiras hasta al fin
Se batieron en el lodo hasta que perdieron todo
En la historia del boxeo, has ganado o has perdido
Pero en Chavez Ravine, todo quedo en el olvido
Nadie sabe los secretos que quedaron escondidos
Se la pagaran con Dios, esa bola de bandidos

(translation)

How ironic, if you know
That there were two Chavez brothers
Pugilists who were born in mere
Chavez-Ravine
Carlos and Fabela Chavez, from La Loma
And Palo Verde, they said, "If you fight clean
What an irony, if you know
About two brothers named Chavez
Boxers who were born right there in
Chavez-Ravine
Carlos and Fabela Chavez, from La Loma
And Palo Verde, said, «If you fight clean
Chavez Ravine 3
More…
You always win, you never lose."
At the Olympic Auditorium
They looked good on the people
They never made enemies
They fought honorably
But they couldn't win
The Chavez Ravine Lawsuit
They came undone with lies until the end
They churned in the mud until they lost everything
In the history of boxing, have you won or lost
But in Chavez Ravine, everything was forgotten
Nobody knows the secrets that were hidden
They will pay with God, that ball of bandits