Siete Leguas
Pedro Infante
Lyrics
Translation
Siete Leguas, el caballo
Seven Leagues, the horse
Que Villa más estimaba
That Villa cherished the most
Cuando oía pitar los trenes
When he heard the trains whistle
Se paraba y relinchaba
He would stop and neigh
Siete Leguas, el caballo
Seven Leagues, the horse
Que Villa más estimaba
That Villa cherished the most
En la estación de Irapuato
At the Irapuato station
Cantaban los horizontes
The horizons were singing
Ahí combatió formal
There, the Bracamontes brigade
La brigada Bracamontes
Formally fought
En la estación de Irapuato
At the Irapuato station
Cantaban los horizontes
The horizons were singing
Oye tú, Francisco Villa
Hear, Francisco Villa
¿Qué dice tu corazón?
What does your heart say?
Ya no te acuerdas, valiente
You no longer remember, brave one
Que atacaste Paredón
That you attacked Paredón
Ya no te acuerdas, valiente
You no longer remember, brave one
Que tomaste a Torreón
That you took Torreón
Como a las tres de la tarde
Around three in the afternoon
Silbó la locomotora
The locomotive whistled
Arriba Villa, muchachos
Up, Villa, boys
Pongan la ametralladora
Put up the machine gun
Como a las tres de la tarde
Around three in the afternoon
Silbó la locomotora
The locomotive whistled
Adiós, torres de Chihuahua
Goodbye, towers of Chihuahua
Adiós, torres de Cantera
Goodbye, towers of Cantera
Ya vino Francisco Villa
Francisco Villa has come
A quitarles lo Pantera
To take away what is Pantera's
Ahí vino Francisco Villa
There comes Francisco Villa
A devolver la Frontera
To return the Border