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El preso numero nueve

Sung by Joan Baez on Joan Baez [first album].

Al preso numero nueve, ya lo van a confesar
Esta rezando en la celda con el cura del penal
Porque ante este amanecer, la vida le han de quitar
Porque mato a su mujer y un amigo desleal
Dice, asi, al confesar "los mate, si senor
Y si yo vuelvo a nacer, yo los vuelvo a matar

Padre no me arrepiento, ni me da miedo la eternidad
Yo se que alla en el cielo el ser supremo nos juzgara
Voy a seguir sus pasos, voy a buscarlos al mas alla."
Ay. yayayayayyyyy

El preso numero nueve era un hombre muy cabal
Iba el noche del duelo, muy contento a su jacal
Pero al mirar a su amor, en brazos de su rival,
Ardio en su pecho el rencor y no se pudo aguantar.
Al sonar el clarin, se formo el peloton
Y rumbo al paredon, se oye al preso decir:

Padre no me arrepiento, ni me da miedo la eternidad
Yo se que alla en el cielo el ser supremo nos juzgara
Voy a seguir sus pasos, voy a buscarllos al mas alla.
Ay. yayayayayyyyy yaay

PRISONER NUMBER NINE

Prisoner number nine is going to confess
He is praying in his cell with the prison priest
Because before dawn they will take away his life
Because he killed his wife and a disloyal friend

He says to the confessor
Yes, sir, I killed them
And if I am reborn
I’ll kill them again

(Chorus:)
Father, I don’t repent
Nor do I fear eternity
I know that up in heaven
The supreme being will judge us
I'll follow in his footsteps
I'll search for them far away

Prisoner number nine was a very honest man
He spent the night of the duel content at home
But at the sight of his love in the arms of his rival
He couldn't stand the bitterness burning in his breast

At the sound of the trumpet the squad formed
And in the direction of the wall you hear the prisoner say

(Chorus)

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Mudcat version of the lyrics.

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