Corrido de La Muerte de Zapata

Listen gentlemen, hear
The ballad of a sad event
For in Chinameca he was killed in cold blood
Zapata, the great insurgent

April 1919 in memory
Will remain even to the peasant
Like a stain in history

Bells of Villa Ayala
Why do they toll so mournfully?
It's because Zapata has died
And Zapata was a brave man

The good Emiliano who loved the poor
Wanted to give them freedom
That's why the Indians from all the villages
Went to fight with him

From Cuautla to Amecameca
Matamoros and the Ajusco
With the bald men of old Don Porfirio
He had his way

Trinitaria of the fields
From Las Vegas de Morelos
If they ask for Zapata
Say that he has gone to the heavens

Zapata tells Don Pancho Madero
When he was already in power
If you don't give the lands
You will see the Indians entering combat again

He faced Mr. Madero
Against Huerta and Carranza
Because they didn't want to fulfill his plan
Which was the Plan of Ayala

Run, run little rabbit
Tell your brothers
The lord Zapata has died
The lame one of the downtrodden

Don Pablo González
Orders Guajardo to feign surrender
And they shoot their weapons at Chief Zapata
Upon arriving at the camp

Guajardo tells Zapata
I surrender with my troops
In Chinameca, my effort
We will have a drink

Rebellious little stream
What did that carnation tell you?
It says the chief has not died
That Zapata will return

Emiliano embraces Felo Guajardo
As a sign of friendship
Without thinking the poor man
That the Praetorian would sacrifice him

And calmly he heads
To the hacienda with his escort
The traitors shoot him
In the back at point-blank range

Morning little stream
Sovereign of the summits
Look in what a sad way
They finished off Emiliano

Chief Zapata fell from his horse
And also his assistants
There in Chinameca, a handful of brave men lost their lives

Gentlemen, I bid you farewell
May there be no news
Like a hero, Zapata died
For giving land and freedom

On the edge of a road
I picked a white lily
To Zapata's grave
I took it as an offering

Rebellious little stream
What did that carnation tell you?
It says the chief has not died
That Zapata will return