Page type: lyric reference
Artist: José Alfredo Jiménez
Canonical path: /jimenez-jose-alfredo/el-coyote
Related lyric paths: 6
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El Coyote
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El Coyote
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Le pinté un cuatro al coyote
Y me fui para la sierra
El coyote era un bandido
Nacido alla por mi tierra
Lo conocí desde niño
Fuimos juntos a la escuela
A las primeras lecciones
Se sabía lo que intentaba
Porque cantaba canciones, peleando con su guitarra
Y aunque perdiera ilusiones, con sus ojos no lloraba
Aquella noche de mayo
Le gustó mi maría elena
Pero yo llegue a caballo
Ya tenía cita con ella
Cuando baje de la sierra
Me encaré con el coyote
Y abrazando a maría elena
Le dije ya tiene hombre
Porque en la ermita sagrada
Nos casó el cura del monte
El agachó la cabeza
Y se fue cobardemente
Pero como era coyote
Se me volvio de repente
Él me buscaba la espalda
Pero yo le hallé en la frente
Coyote, coyote altivo
Que no respetaste amores
Pudiendo ser buen amigo
Te mataron tus traiciones
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José Alfredo Jiménez performs "El Coyote", and this lyric page sits inside the José Alfredo Jiménez catalog on LyroVerse.
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