Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Joan Baez
Canonical path: /baez-joan/el-preso-numero-nueve
Related lyric paths: 6
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El Preso Número Nueve
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El Preso Número Nueve
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El preso número nueve ya lo van a confesar
Está encerrado en la celda con el cura del penal
Y antes de amanecer la vida le han de quitar
Porque mató a su mujer y a un amigo desleal
Dice así al confesar
Los maté si señor
Y si vuelvo a nacer
Yo los vuelvo a matar
Padre no me arrepiento
Ni me da miedo la eternidad
Yo sé que allá en el cielo
El ser supremo nos juzgará
Voy a seguir sus pasos
Voy a buscarla hasta el más allá
Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay
El preso número nueve era un hombre y muy cabal
Iba en la noche del duelo muy contento en su jacal
Pero al mirar a su amor en brazos de su rival
Ardió en el pecho el rencor y no se pudo aguantar
Al sonar el clarín se formó el pelotón
Y rumbo al paredón se oyó al preso a decir
Padre, no me arrepiento ni me da miedo la eternidad
Yo sé que allá en el cielo, el ser supremo nos juzgará
Voy a seguir sus pasos, voy a buscarlos al más allá
Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay
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