ESTE ES EL CORRIDO
DE UN HOMBRE QUE DICEN
QUE FUE DEL PUEBLO EL MAS FEO
DORO LE LLAMABAN
ESE ERA SU APODO
SU NOMBRE ERA DOROTEO

ERA FLACO Y PRIETO
ALTO Y JOROBADO
SU CARA CICATRIZADA
PELUDO Y CHIMUELO
CON NARIZ DE CERDO
Y HASTA UN OJO LE FALTABA

CORREN LOS RUMORES
DICEN QUE ERA MONSTRUO
O TAL VEZ HIJO DEL DIABLO
COMO DABA MIEDO
LA GENTE PENSABA
QUE ERA MEJOR CAPTURARLO

FUERON TRES RANCHEROS
DE NOCHE A CABALLO
A BUSCARLO A LAS MONTANAS
POR DONDE VIVIA
ESE HOMBRE MUY FEO
EN UNA HUMILDE CABANA

AQUELLOS VALIENTES
A CASA DE DORO
A LA FUERZA SE METIERON
PERO SE ESPANTARON
YA QUE ESTABA DENTRO
Y LA CARA FEA LE VIERON

ERA TANTO EL SUSTO
DE VER A AQUEL HOMBRE
QUE AQUELLOS SE ACOBARDARON
Y EN VEZ DE APREHENDERLO
COMO HABIAN PLANEADO
LOS TRES MEJOR SE PELARON

UNO DE ELLOS CUENTA
QUE NO ERA CHIMUELO
MINTIO LA GENTE DE A TIRO
JURA POR SU MADRE
QUE AL VERLO DE CERCA
TENIA DIENTES DE VAMPIRO

EL SEGUNDO INSISTE
QUE ALGUN DIA DON DORO
VENDRA A QUITARLE LA VIDA
Y EL TERCERO AFIRMA
QUE DESDE ESA NOCHE
DUERME CON LA LUZ PRENDIDA

ESTE FUE EL CORRIDO
DE UN HOMBRE ESPANTOSO
LLAMABASE DOROTEO
NO ERA MALA GENTE
NI DEBIA DELITOS
LO UNICO ES QUE ERA MUY FEO



ENGLISH TRANSLATION:

THIS IS THE TALE
OF A MAN THAT THEY SAY
WAS THE UGLIEST MAN IN TOWN
DORO HE WAS CALLED
THAT WAS HIS NICKNAME
HIS NAME WAS DOROTEO

HE WAS DARK AND SKINNY
TALL AND HUNCHBACK
HIS FACE HAD SCARS
HAIRY AND TOOTHLESS
WITH A PIGS NOSE
AND WAS EVEN MISSING AN EYE

AS RUMORS RUN
THEY SAY HE WAS A MONSTER
OR MAYBE THE SON OF THE DEVIL
AND SINCE HE WAS FRIGHTENING
PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT
THEY BETTER CAPTURE HIM

THREE RANCH MEN WENT
ONE NIGHT ON HORSEBACK
TO SEEK HIM IN THE MOUNTAIN
WHEREAS THE UGLY MAN
LIVED
IN A HUMBLE CABIN

THOSE BRAVE MEN
IN DORO’S HOUSE
THEY FORCIBLY ENTERED
BUT THEY WERE TERRIFIED
BECAUSE HE WAS INSIDE
AND THEY SAW HIS UGLY FACE

THEY WERE SO SCARED
WHEN THEY SAW THAT MAN
THAT THEY TURNED COWARDS
AND INSTEAD OF APPREHENDING HIM
AS PLANNED
THE THREE TOOK OFF RUNNING

ONE OF THEM TELLS
THAT HE WAS NOT TOOTHLESS
AND STRAIGHT OUT LIED TO ALL
HE SWEARS ON HIS MOTHER
THAT WHEN HE SAW HIM CLOSELY
HE HAD VAMPIRE TEETH

THE SECOND INSISTS
THAT SOMEDAY MR. DORO
WILL COME TO KILL HIM
AND THE THIRD CLAIMS
THAT SINCE THAT NIGHT
HE SLEEPS WITH THE LIGHTS ON

THIS WAS THE CORRIDO
OF A HORRID MAN
CALLED DOROTEO
WHO WAS NOT A BAD MAN
AND DID NOT COMMIT CRIMES
IT’S JUST THAT HE WAS UGLY