| Caballo prieto azabache
| jet black horse
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| Como olvidarte te debo la vida
| How to forget you I owe you my life
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| Cuando iban a fusilarme
| when they were going to shoot me
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| Las fuerzas leales de Pancho Villa
| The loyal forces of Pancho Villa
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| Fue aquella noche nublada
| It was that cloudy night
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| Una avanzada me sorprendio
| An advanced surprised me
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| Y despuÃ(c)s de desar marme
| And after disarming me
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| Fui condenado al paredón
| I was sentenced to the wall
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| Ya cuando estuve en capilla
| Already when I was in the chapel
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| Le dijo villa a su asistente
| Villa told his assistant
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| Me apartas ese caballo
| you take away that horse
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| Por educado y obediente
| By polite and obedient
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| Sabia que no iba a escaparme
| I knew I wasn't going to run away
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| Solo pensaba en mi salvación
| I only thought of my salvation
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| Y tu mi prieto azabache
| And you my tight jet
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| Tambien pensaste igual que yo
| you also thought the same as me
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| Recuerdo que me dijeron
| I remember being told
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| Pide un deseo pa' justiciarte
| Make a wish to get justice
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| Yo quiero morir monta’o en mi caballo
| I want to die riding on my horse
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| Prieto azabache
| tight jet
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| Y cuando en ti me montaron
| And when they mounted me on you
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| Y prepararon, la ejecucución
| And they prepared, the execution
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| Mi voz de mando esperaste
| My voice of command you waited
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| Te abalanzaste sobre el pelotón
| You pounced on the platoon
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| Con tres balazos de mauser
| With three Mauser bullets
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| Corriste azabache, salvando mi vida
| You ran jet, saving my life
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| Lo que tu hiciste conmigo
| what you did with me
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| Caballo amigo no se me olvida
| horse friend I do not forget
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| No pude salvar la tuya
| I couldn't save yours
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| Y la amargura me hace llorar
| And the bitterness makes me cry
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| Por eso prieto azabache
| That's why tight jet
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| No he de olvidarte nunca jamás | I will never ever forget you |