Año de mil ochocientos
Noventa y cinco infeliz
Le tomaron prisionero
En Mexico Silver City
Hombres de mucho valor
Allí me agarraron durmiendo
Ya se tomaron mis armas
Y ahorita me fuí venciendo
Ya lo llevan a la cárcel
Con grillos y cadenas
Luisito se desespera
De verse en tan crueles penas
Ya lo meten a la cárcel
A leerle su sentencia
Que debe de ser ahorcado
Por estas leyes secretas
Salió don Francisco Núñez
A hablar con el general
Te pagaremos en plata
Y dale su libertad
Le dice el general
Tu plata es en realidad
Ya no viniste a tiempo
Ya no es hora de arreglar
Salió don Francisco Nuñez
Con un ptogundo dolor
Ay hijito de mi vida
Ya no al canzaste perdón
Padrecito de mi vida
No me acongoja el morir
Déjame morir ahorcado
A pagar por lo que fuí
Allí viene bramando
El tren triste dobla la campana
Viene por Luisito Núñez
A las diez de la mañana
Ya lo embarcan en el tren
Le sacan para el mezquital
Ya Luisito se despide
De todos en general
Ya lo llevan al cadalzo
Y le dejaron caer
Cuatro balazos le dieron
Para acabarlo de matar
Amigo Carlos Contreras
Donde te andabas escordido
Mira que tu amigo Luis
Ahorita se va muriendo
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It was in the unfortunate year
Of 1895
They took me prisoner
In Silver City New Mexico
Very brave men grabbed me
When I was asleep
They took away my weapons
And then they overcame me
They are taking him to jail now
In shackles and chains
And Luisito gives up hope
To see himself in shuch cruel punishment
Now they put him in jail
And they are reading his sentence
That he oughta be hung
By secret laws
And don Francisco Núñez
Comes to speak to the general
"We will pay you in silver
If you will give him his liberty"
And the general told him
If you want to know the truth about your money
You come to late
This is not the time to be making deals
don Francisco Nuñez
Came out with a profound sorrow
"Oh son of my life
I couldn't get you a pardon"
Dear father of my life
Death does not trouble me
Let me die by hanging
To pay for what I did
Now the train is coming
And it's ringing its bell
They've got Luisito Nuñez
They're going to get him out 10 o'clock in the morning
They took him off in the train
And they let him out in the misquite grove
Where Lusito had to say goodbye
To everybody there was
They put him up on the gallows
And let him drop
Then they gave him four shots
To finish off killing him
Oh you friend of Carlos Contreras
Where you hiding out now?
Dont you see your friend Luis
Is now dying?
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