Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Siete Leguas by Antonio Aguilar from Spanish to English.
Siete Leguas, el caballo
Seven Leagues, the horse
Que Villa más estimaba
That Villa valued the most
Cuando oía silbar 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 valued the most
En la estación de Irapuato
At the Irapuato station
Cantaban los Horizontes
The Horizons sang
Allí combatió formal
There the Bracamontes brigade
La brigada Bracamontes
Fought formally
En la estación de Irapuato
At the Irapuato station
Cantaban los Horizontes
The Horizons sang
Oye tú, Francisco Villa
Listen, you, Francisco Villa
¿Qué dice tu corazón?
What does your heart say?
Ya no te acuerdas valiente
Don't you remember, brave one
Que atacaste a Paredón
That you attacked Paredón
Ya no te acuerdas valiente
Don't you remember, brave one
Cuando tomaste a Torreón
When you took Torreón
Como a las tres de la tarde
Around three in the afternoon
Silbó la locomotora
The locomotive whistled
¡Arriba, arriba muchachos
Up, up boys
Pongan la ametralladora!
Set 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 stone towers
Ya vino Francisco Villa
Francisco Villa has come
A quitarles la frontera
To take away the border
Ya vino Francisco Villa
Francisco Villa has come
A devolver la frontera
To return the border
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