Mi Amigo El Tordillo English translation

(I met him as a foal)
Lo conocí de potrillo
Galloping in the meadow
Galopando en la pradera
(I met him as a foal)
(Lo conocí de potrillo)
Galloping in the meadow
(Galopando en la pradera)

And I put the tordillo tordillo
Y yo le puse el Tordillo, Tordillo
Because his hair was like that, really
Porque su pelo a si era de veras
And educate him as a kid
Y lo eduque de chiquillo
Nothing more
Nada más
to the trenches
Para las trincheras

When I saw that it was time
Cuando ya vi que era hora
I bought your good chair
Le compré su buena silla
When I saw that it was time
(Cuando ya vi que era hora)
I bought your good chair
(Le compré su buena silla)

My 30-30 canana and pistol
Mi 30-30, canana y pistola
And my tordillo said said
Y mi Tordillo decía, decía
The ball has already come
Ya se nos vino la bola
And we go with pancho villa
Y nos vamos con Pancho Villa

(My tordillo was understood)
Mi Tordillo era entendido
And nothing changed it
Y por nada lo cambiaba
(My tordillo was understood)
(Mi Tordillo era entendido)
And nothing changed it
(Y por nada lo cambiaba)

When we saw ourselves lost, lost
Cuando nos vimos perdidos, perdidos
By Obregon in Celaya, in Celaya
Por Obregón en Celaya, en Celaya
No more neighing
No más lanzo un relinchido
And we left for Chihuahua
Y nos fuimos para Chihuahua

He proved me to be a friend
Me demostró ser amigo
Near Torreón, Coahuila
Cerca de Torreón Coahuila
He proved me to be a friend
(Me demostró ser amigo)
Near Torreón, Coahuila
(Cerca de Torreón Coahuila)

Although the tordillo is badly damaged
No obstante estar mal herido el Tordillo
He took me to the cerrania immediately
Me llevo a la serranía enseguida
Getting out of danger
Sacándome del peligro
But giving for my life
Pero dando por mi la vida

Time has elapsed
El tiempo a trascurrido
Nothing remains from the tordillo
Del Tordillo nada queda
Time has elapsed
(El tiempo a trascurrido)
Nothing remains from the tordillo
(Del Tordillo nada queda)

To his nobility sigh and sigh
A su nobleza suspiro y suspiro
By remembering who he was and who he was
Al recordar lo que fuera y quién era
I seem to look at it
Ya parece que lo miro
Galloping through the meadow
Galopando por la pradera