El Pata de Palo

A regresado a este pueblo

He has returned to this town

Jesus el pata de palo

Jesus, the wooden leg

Cuidense todos aquellos

Everyone be careful

Que a la carcel lo mandaron

Those who sent him to jail

Que silencio esta el poblado

How silent the town is

Ni las moscas hacen ruido

Not even the flies make noise

Nomas se ollen unos pasos

Only the sound of footsteps is heard

Que son los de ese bandido

That's the bandit approaching

Diez años en la prision

Ten years in prison

No se le olvidan a nadie

Nobody forgets

E regresado a mi pueblo

I have returned to my town

Porque e venido a vengarme

Because I've come for revenge

Jose gonzales garcia

Jose Gonzalez Garcia

Y antonio lopez quesada

And Antonio Lopez Quesada

Francisco perez munjia

Francisco Perez Munjia

Que salgan a la calzada

Step out onto the road

Ya los pasos se aproximan

The footsteps are getting closer

Se estan sintiendo mas cerca

They are feeling nearer

Y ni los perros se arriman

Not even the dogs approach

Porque presienten la gresca

Because they sense the brawl

El enterrador del pueblo

The town's gravedigger

Ya cabo tres agujeros

Already dug three holes

Porque sabe de antemano

Because he knows in advance

Que van a sobrar sombreros

That there will be extra hats

Que pronto termino el duelo

The duel quickly ended

Ya se oyeron tres disparos

Three shots were heard

Ahi tres hombres en el suelo

There lie three men on the ground

Que con su vida pagaron

Who paid with their lives

Se ollen pasos de un caballo

Hoofbeats are heard

Aya por la plaza vieja

Over by the old square

Es jesus pata de palo

It's Jesus, wooden leg

Que poco a poco se aleja

Slowly moving away