Santos Cantú Lyrics in English LOS DOS DE TAMAULIPAS
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Santos Cantú by LOS DOS DE TAMAULIPAS from Spanish to English.
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Voy a relatar la historia
I am going to tell the story
De unos hechos criminales
Of some criminal acts
La causa fue el contrabando
The cause was smuggling
En Bravo todos lo saben
In Bravo, everyone knows it
Ha muerto Santos Cantú
Santos Cantú has died
Lo matan los federales
He was killed by the federals
Un día 15 de junio
One day, June 15
No me quisiera acordar
I would not want to remember
Ráfagas de metralleta
Machine gun bursts
Se volvieron a escuchar
Were heard again
Soldados de infantería
Infantry soldiers
Y judicial federal
And federal judicial [agents]
En el rancho las Tranquitas
At the Las Tranquitas ranch
Como las 11 serían
Around 11 it would be
Cuando pasó una avioneta
When a small plane passed by
Santos ya lo presentía
Santos already sensed it
Agarrándose a balazos
Grabbing at gunfire
Santos murió el mismo día
Santos died the same day
Santos Cantú les gritaba
Santos Cantú shouted at them
Cuando estaba malherido
When he was badly wounded
Soldados o judiciales
Soldiers or judicial agents
Vengan a acabar conmigo
Come finish me off
Solamente así son hombres
Only that way are you men
Porque nunca habían podido
Because they had never been able
Otro día por la mañana
Another day in the morning
Sus hermanos lo encontraron
His brothers found him
Santos se encontraba muerto
Santos was dead
Y su cuerpo levantaron
And they lifted his body
Llevándolo a Monterrey
Taking him to Monterrey
La capital del estado
The state capital
Adiós, rancho las Tranquitas
Goodbye, Las Tranquitas ranch
Mis hijos y mi señora
My children and my wife
También mi compadre Luis
Also my godfather Luis
Pidan para mí la gloria
Ask for glory for me
Ya no les vuelvo a cantar
I will not sing to you again
Esa María, la traidora
That Maria, the traitor
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