El Corrido De Carmelita
Ramón Ayala Y Sus Bravos Del Norte
The Ballad of Carmelita
Carmelita told Juan José,
I can't live with you anymore.
I'm going back to my parents.
You can find another love now.
Juan José thought she was betraying him,
And felt like a lightning bolt.
You will never be able to leave my side.
Not even in death will you stop being my lover.
And with a shot he ended Carmelita.
And point-blank shot her in the forehead.
He knelt down and kissed her on her little face.
And then shot himself in the mouth.
Carmelita was from Piedras Negras.
Juan José was from the state of Guerrero.
And the day they met,
Was when they crossed the border in Laredo.
In the distance, a cemetery is seen.
There lies buried Carmelita.
Only a goldfinch remains with its song,
And a mother waiting for her arrival.
