Caballo Lobo Gateado
Miguel Aceves Mejía
Speckled Wolf Horse
In a herd I saw
a colt that I liked.
I went with the rancher
"Sir, I bring a deal
I want you to give me a horse
for my chestnut mare."
"This horse you want
I plan to leave it for the cart.
For you, I'll give 500
and the gelding I'll give you
Cowboys and foremen
To all I've thrown the bait."
And after they had negotiated
the cowboy gave him a talk.
"This horse plays
with your chestnut mare...
With two thousand five hundred pesos
The game is getting closer."
The rancher replied
"You think I'm afraid.
We're going to the office
to deposit the money
This race is played
for the twenty-third of February."
Finally, the date arrived
for the famous race.
Truncated pesos were flying
at the chestnut mare.
and the speckled wolf colt
no one bet on him at all.
And they gave the starting signal
The mare lunged forward.
And the speckled wolf colt
Already shot off and stayed behind.
But when they reached the finish line
He beat her by two lengths.
With this, I bid you farewell
forgive the poorly written.
Here ends the ballad
of a cowboy and a rancher.
of the chestnut mare
and the speckled wolf colt.