In a herd, I saw a colt that I liked
I went to the rancher, "Sir, I have a deal
I want you to give me a horse for my red mare"

"Which horse do you want?" the rancher replied
"A dappled gray colt that I saw in the corral yesterday
That cowboys and foremen haven't been able to tame"

"I'll give you fifteen hundred pesos and I'll throw in the colt
After all, I had thought of putting him in the cart for being bad
Because he has thrown off cowboys and foremen, all of them"

Once he had him, the cowboy gave him a talk
Now my horse plays with his red mare
We'll leave the race for the day of Candlemas

The rancher replied, "Don't think I'm afraid
Let's go to the office to deposit the money
And we'll set the date for February 23rd"

Finally, the date of the famous race arrived
Broken pesos were flying for the red mare
And for the dappled gray colt, no one bet anything

They start from the starting line and the horse didn't give in
Everyone was saying, "What a violent horse"
He only needed wings to fly through the wind

And the red mare, which had very fine blood
Everyone respected her, for being fast and cunning
And the dappled gray colt took away her pride

With this, I bid farewell, forgive the poor singing
Here ends the ballad of a cowboy and a rancher
Of the red mare and the dappled gray colt

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