| He was just a Texas cowhand,
| Era solo un vaquero de Texas,
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| One that knew his stuff
| Uno que sabía lo que hacía
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| His eyes were black,
| Sus ojos eran negros,
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| His face was tan,
| Su rostro estaba bronceado,
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| His hands were broad and rough.
| Sus manos eran anchas y ásperas.
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| (Yodel)
| (Canto a la tirolesa)
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| Tough as an old buzzsaw,
| Duro como una vieja sierra circular,
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| All the boys stayed shy
| Todos los chicos se quedaron tímidos
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| For they all knew his aim was true
| Porque todos sabían que su objetivo era cierto
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| He’d shoot at the wink of an eye.
| Dispararía en un abrir y cerrar de ojos.
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| One night with grass plains around us,
| Una noche con llanuras de hierba a nuestro alrededor,
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| He met with a rustlers band
| Se reunió con una banda de cuatreros
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| As the flames leaped high on his old camp fire,
| Mientras las llamas saltaban alto en su vieja fogata,
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| He fell with a gun in his hand.
| Cayó con un arma en la mano.
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| We rolled out of bed the next morning,
| Nos levantamos de la cama a la mañana siguiente,
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| We dug a grave in the sand
| Cavamos una tumba en la arena
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| When we found stretched out on the ground
| Cuando nos encontramos tendidos en el suelo
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| This brave and lonely cowhand.
| Este vaquero valiente y solitario.
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| We buried him on the prairie,
| Lo enterramos en la pradera,
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| Wrapped in an old cowhide
| Envuelto en una vieja piel de vaca
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| By the light of the moon we wrote on his tomb
| A la luz de la luna escribimos en su tumba
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| «Another cowhand’s last ride». | «El último viaje de otro vaquero». |