Décimas de Tlatelolco
Oscar Chavez
Tlatelolco Verses
With the recent attack
Slaughter in Tlatelolco
Slaughter in Tlatelolco
With the recent attack
Slaughter in Tlatelolco
Ordaz has shown us
How little he's worth
With the recent attack
Slaughter in Tlatelolco
Ordaz has shown us
Every bootlicking leader
Opportunist or scoundrel
Has rushed to support
This thieving government
Pretending to be holy
With a patriotic attitude
Disgracing the flag
As if it were right
Finally showed its true colors
With the recent attack
Barragán, the wretched one
General of a thousand battles
His strategy never fails
Against the unarmed people
And the infamous October second
He showed off with his troops
Firing at the people
That afternoon like a madman
Mexico will not forget
Slaughter in Tlatelolco
Not even General Santa Ana
Not Huerta, nor Alemán
Have committed such atrocities
In the Mexican Nation
A president with a club
Killing students
And he remains so smug
With the press on his side
His murderer's nature
Díaz Ordaz has shown us
The Mexican bourgeoisie
And their American bosses
Rest in their armchairs
On the morning of October third
And that veteran troop
That killed Jaramillo
Cardboard soldiers
Stroll in Tlatelolco
The government has shown us
How little it's worth
