La cárcel de Cananea

La cárcel de Cananea (Spanish: "Cananea jail") is a corrido (Mexican ballad) written in 1917 commemorating the Cananea Strike that took place in the Mexican mining town of Cananea, Sonora, in June 1906.[1][2] It has been produced in numerous versions, including one by Linda Ronstadt[3] on her album Canciones de mi padre, released in 1987.

English translation

I am going to recount to you all what happened to me, (2x)
They've taken me prisoner for being an oft-played fighting cock. (2x)

I went to Agua Prieta to see who would recognize me, (2x)
And at eleven o'clock that night, the police apprehended me. (2x)

The officers* grabbed me in the gringo style, (2x)
Like a wanted fugitive, all of them with pistols in their hands. (2x)

The jail of Cananea is situated up on a mesa, (2x)
Where I was "processed" because of my careless blunder. (2x)

A farewell I do not give because I do not carry it here. (2x)
I leave it to the Holy Child and the Lord of Mapimí. (2x)

(*) In different versions of the song, the word "officers" is "gendarmes" or "sheriffes". In the previous verse, the word "police" is always "policía".

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References
  1. Heroes and Horses: Corridos from the Arizona-Sonora Borderlands (Smithsonian Folkways)
  2. "WENT AGAINST ORDERS; Governor of Arizona Warned Capt. Rynning and Other Americans", New York Times, June 3, 1906.
  3. Title: La cárcel de Cananea, Composer/Artist: Linda Ronstadt


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