Maquina quinientos uno
Pepe Aguilar
Machine Five Hundred One
Machine five hundred one,
the one that ran through Sonora,
that's why the railroaders
if you don't sigh, you cry.
It was a Sunday, gentlemen,
around three in the afternoon,
Jesus Garcia was
caressing his mother.
In a few moments:
-'Mother, I have to leave,'
the train whistle is heard,
my future is approaching.
When he arrived at the station
a train was already whistling
and a dynamite car
was already burning.
The fireman tells him:
-'Jesus, let's get off,
look, the car behind
is coming burning towards us.'
Jesus Garcia replies:
-'I think very differently,
I don't want to be the cause
of so many people dying.'
He turned his steam engine around,
because it was uphill,
and before reaching the six
his life ended there.
Since that unforgettable day
you have earned the cross,
you have earned the palms,
you are a hero Jesus.