Valentín de la sierra

I'm going to sing the ballad
Of a friend from my land
His name was Valentin
Who was shot
And hanged in the mountains

I don't want to remember
It was a winter afternoon
When, due to his bad luck
Valentin fell into the hands of the government

The captain asked him
Who are the people you lead?
They are eight hundred soldiers
Who have surrounded
The Holland ranch

The colonel said to him
Who are the people you guide?
They are eight hundred soldiers
That Mariano Mejia brings through the mountains
The general said to him
I grant you a pardon
But you must tell me
Who is the jury
That judged you

Valentin, being a man
Gave them no reason
I am one of the men
Who invented the revolution

Before reaching the hill
Valentin wanted to cry
My dear Mother of Guadalupe
For your religion they will kill me

Fly, fly, little dove
Stop at that fort
These are the morning songs
Of a brave man
Who was Valentin