Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Roberto Alvarado by El Fantasma from Spanish to English.
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Allá, en el rancho del pozo
There, at the ranch of the well
Cerquita de Culiacán
Close to Culiacán
Vivía un hombre muy valiente
A very brave man lived
Que todos recordarán
That everyone will remember
Él se llamaba Roberto
His name was Roberto
Alvarado su apellido
Alvarado his last name
Allá, en la famosa Lima
There, in the famous Lima
Él tenía muchos amigos
He had many friends
Cuando vivía en el rancho
When I lived on the ranch
Él muy duro trabajaba
He worked very hard
Cuando llegó su compadre
When his compadre arrived
Llamado Rubén Cabada
Called Rubén Cabada
Rubén le dice a Roberto
Ruben tells Roberto
'Aquí no tienes pa cuando
'You don't have a pa here when
Yo te prestaré una feria
I will lend you a fair
Pa' que le entre al contrabando'
Pa' to enter the contraband'
Roberto era de valor
Roberto was of value
Y la oferta le aceptó
And the offer accepted him.
Logró hacer mucho dinero
He managed to make a lot of money
Y miren lo que pasó
And look what happened.
Roberto no andaba solo
Roberto was not alone
Siempre carga a su gente
Always burden your people
Por eso es que los traidores
That is why traitors
Lo mataron de repente
He was suddenly killed.
Teodoro le dice al güero
Theodore tells the güero
'Ahí nos vienen siguiendo'
'There they come following us'
'No tengas miedo, mi amigo
'Don't be afraid, my friend.
Que yo hasta me vengo riendo'
That I've even been laughing'
Pa pronto se emparejaron
Pa soon paired
Y sus armas dispararon
And their guns fired
Dándole muerte a Roberto
Killing Roberto
Y luego se retiraron
And then they retired.
Vuela, vuela, palomita
Fly, fly, popcorn
No dejes nada cubierto
Don't leave anything covered
Anda a avisar a su rancho
Go and notify your ranch
Que mataron a Roberto
That they killed Roberto
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