Juan Charasciado

I'm going to sing a very famous corrido
what happened there at the hacienda de la flor
the sad story of a rancher in love
who was a drunkard, partygoer, and gambler

His name was Juan and they called him 'charrasqueado'
he was brave and daring in love
he took the most beautiful women
not a single flower was left in the fields.

One Sunday while he was getting drunk
they ran to the cantina to warn him
'Be careful, Juan, they're looking for you around there
there are many men, they might kill you.'

He didn't have time to mount his horse
with a gun in hand, they came at him in a group
'I'm drunk,' he shouted at them, 'and I'm a good rooster'
when a bullet pierced his heart.

The cornfield grew with the rain in the pasture
and the doves fly to the rocky place
beautiful bulls are taken to the bullring today
the foreman is riding a good horse.

The bells of the sanctuary are tolling
all the faithful are going to pray
and down the hill the ranchers are coming
with a dead man they are carrying to bury.

In a humble hut, a child cries
and the women advise him and leave
but his mother consoles him with affection
looking at the sky, she cries and prays for her Juan.

Here I finish singing this corrido
about Juan, the rancher, 'charrasqueado' and joker
who thought he was favored by women
who was a drunkard, partygoer, and gambler.