[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.
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.