Gabino Barrera - Los Tigres Del Norte

Gabino Barrera no entendía razones

andando en la borrachera

cargaba pistola con seis cargadores

le daba gusto a cualquiera.

Usaba el bigote en cuadro abultado

su paño al cuello enredado

calzones de mata, chamarra de cuero

traía punteado el sombrero.

Sus pies campesinos usaban huaraches

y a veces a raíz andaba

pero le gustaba pagar los mariachis

la plata no le importaba.

Con una botella de caña en la mano

gritaba ¡Viva Zapata!

porque era ranchero el indio suriano

era hijo de buena mata.

(Y arriba zapata hijos de Pacho Villa)

Era alto, bien dado, muy ancho de espadas

su rostro mal encachado

su negra mirada un aire le daba

al buitre de la montaña.

Gabino Barrera dejaba mujeres

con hijos por donde quiera

por eso en los pueblos donde se paseaba

se la tenían sentenciada.

Recuerdo la noche que lo asesinaron

venía de ver a su amada

dieciocho descargas de Máuser sonaron

sin darle tiempo de nada.

Gabino Barrera murió como mueren

los hombres que son bragados

por una morena perdió como pierden

los gallos en los tapados.

Gabino Barrera did not understand reasons

walking drunk

he carried a pistol with six clips

he pleased anyone.

He wore the mustache in a bulky box

his cloth around his neck entangled

calzones de mata, leather jacket

he had a pointed hat.

His peasant feet wore huaraches

and sometimes to the root he walked

but he liked to pay the mariachis

the silver did not matter to him.

With a bottle of cane in hand

he shouted Long live Zapata!

because the Suriano Indian was a rancher

he was the son of a good bush.

(And above Zapata sons of Pacho Villa)

He was tall, well given, very wide of swords

his face of him badly hooked

her black gaze gave him an air

to the mountain vulture.

Gabino Barrera left women

with children wherever he wants

That's why in the towns where he walked

they had her sentenced.

I remember the night he was murdered

he came to see his beloved

eighteen Mauser volleys sounded

without giving him any time.

Gabino Barrera died as they die

men who are panties

for a brunette he lost how they lose

the roosters in the covered ones.