Mexico [Medley] [English translation]

HALF-TURN (José Alfredo Jiménez)

Ed. Campry S.A. de México

You’re leaving because I want you to leave

At the hour I want I stop you

I know you’re in need of my love

Because, whether you like it or not, I am your owner.

I want you to travel throughout the world

I want you to meet many people

I want other lips to kiss you

So that you may compare me today as always.

If you find a lover who understands you

And feel he loves you more than anyone

I will then turn around

And I will depart with the sun, when the evening dies.

I will then turn around

And I will depart with the sun, when the evening dies...

I'VE FORGOTTEN AGAIN (Juan Gabriel)

Ed. Mexicana de Música S.A.

Probably already

you've forgotten about me,

and in the meanwhile I

will continue to wait for you.

I've not wanted to go

so that I may someday see

when you want to return,

if you still find me.

For that I am still

in the same place as always,

in the same city

and with the same folks,

so that you, on returning,

don't find anything strange,

and it will be as yesterday,

and we will never again leave each other.

Probably I am

asking too much.

I forgot that

we already ended,

that you'll never return,

that you never loved me.

I've forgotten again...

And... (Mario de Jesús) Ed. Peer International Corp.

And what did you do with the love that you swore to me?

And what did you do with the kisses that I gave you?

And what excuses can you give me if you were here

and you killed the hope that I had in me?

And how ungrateful is the destiny that injures me!

And how absurd es the reason for my passion!

And how foolish is this love that doesn't die

and prefers to forgive you for your unfaithfulness!

And to think that in my life you were the flame

and the abundance of my glory was you,

that I come to love you with the soul

and today your attitude kills me of sadness

And what did you do with the love that you swore to me?

And what did you do with the kisses that I gave you?

And what excuses can you give me if you were here

and you killed the hope that I had in me?

BEAUTIFUL MEXICO (Chucho Monje)

Ed. Promotora Hispano Americana de Música S.A.

May they bury me in the sierra

at the foot of the Magueys

and may they cover this land

that is the cradle of upright men

Voice of my guitar

upon awakening in the morning

I want to sing my happiness

to the Mexican land.

Mexico beautiful and adored

if I die far from you

May they say I'm asleep

and may they bring me here

May they say I'm asleep

and may they bring me here

Mexico pretty and adored

if I die far from you.

AY JALISCO DON'T BACK DOWN

(Ernesto M. Cortazar / Manuel Esperon)

Ed. Promotora Hispano Americana de Música S.A.

Ah Jalisco, don't back down

Out of my soul comes out

a passionate scream

as I open my chest

to throw out this scream:

how beautiful Jalisco is,

on my word of honor.

In Jalisco you love truly

because it is dangerous to love the bad ones

and for a brown-skinned chick to speak with bad intention

and under the moon sing

For women Jalisco is first

the same those in the heights as in the glen

beautiful women,

so are the girls from Guadalajara.

Ah Jalisco, don't back down

Out of my soul comes out

a passionate scream

as I open my chest

to throw out this scream:

how beautiful Jalisco is,

on my word of honor.

to throw out this scream:

how beautiful Jalisco is,

on my word of honor.

LA BAMBA

(P.D.: Arreglo R. Arcusa / T. Divine) Ed. O’ Malley Music

To dance the bamba...

To dance the bamba

one needs a bit of grace...

A bit of grace for me, and another thing...

Ay! Come on!

Ay! Come on!

Up I will go!... For you I'll be, for you I'll be...!

I am not a sailor... I am not a sailor;

I am a captain... I am a captain... I am a captain.

Bamba, bamba, bamba, bamba.

To dance the bamba.. To dance the bamba...

To ascend to the sky... To ascend to the sky...

You need a [tall] ladder...

A 1) [tall] ladder and a [short] one

and let's go and let's go... Ay! Let's go and let's go!...

I will go up! For you I'll be!... For you I'll be!

Bamba, bamba, bamba, bamba.

I am not a sailor. I am a captain...