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MEX[CAN BORDER BALLADS
El tren que viene de Browns-
ville
Viene dando de pitadas,
Y en ese llegaron los rinches
A buscar a los bandidos.
Por las tres de la tarde
Estaban todos bien montados,
Les decia Tomas Moseley
-Estamos muy bien
preparados.-
Bandidos de Tamaulipas,
Que se mantienen con lefia,
Ay, i que susto les han dado
Los rinches de la Kinefia !6
Dicen que Aneste Pasafio"'
Es un hombre muy valiente,
Pero no ha Ilegado a Las
Norias
A calarse con la gente.
Andard por San Benito,
Harlingen o Raymondville,
Pero a Las Norias no ha
Ilegado
Porque 61 teme morir.
Domingo ocho de agosto
I Qu6 fecha tan sefialado!
Llegaron a Las Tenerias
Con el fin de remudar.
Salieron de Las Tenerfas28
Muy alegres todititos,
I Que susto dieron a Osavio2'
Al quitarle la silla!
Pasaron por Las Canterasao
Bien armados toditos,
Dicen que iban a dormir
Al punto de Los Cerritos.1The train that comes from
Brownsville
Arrived with whistle blasts,
And on it the rangers arrived
To search for the bandits.
About three in the afternoon
Everyone was well mounted,
Tom Moseley said to them:
"We are well prepared."
Bandits of Tamaulipas,
Who make their living
chopping wood,
Oh, how the rangers of the
Kineia
Have frightened you!
They say that Aneste Pasafio
Is a very brave man,
But he has not come to Las
Norias
To introduce himself to the
people.
He might go around San
Benito,
Harlingen or Raymondville,
Because he hasn't come to
Las Norias
Because he is afraid to die.
Sunday the eighth of August
What an unusual day!
They arrived at Las Tenerias
For the purpose of stealing
horses.
They left Las Tenerias
All of them very happy,
How they scared Osavio
When they took his saddle
from him!
They passed by Las Canteras
All of them well armed,
They say they are going to
sleep
At the Los Cerritos place.28
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Collection of popular folklore from Mexico and Texas, including ballads, personal anecdotes, folktales of the Alabama-Coushatta Indians and other miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 141.
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Boatright, Mody C. Mexican Border Ballads and Other Lore, book, 1946; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67652/m1/36/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.