Antonio Aguilar "El ojo de vidrio" Liedtext

(Ahí les va la historia

del viejo prieto bigotón

que se llamaba Porfirio,

apodado el Ojo de Vidrio)

Voy a cantar el corrido del salteador de caminos que se llamaba Porfirio llamábanle “Ojo de Vidrio”, lo tuerto no le importaba pues no fallaba en el tiro.

(Acertaba el pelao, y no jerraba)

Se disfrazaba de arriero para asaltar los poblados. Burlándose del gobierno, mataba muchos soldados nomás franqueaba en los cerros de puros encalzonados.

Ahí viene el Ojo de Vidrio, gritaba el pueblo asustado y a las mujeres buscaba mirando pa' todos lados, dejaba pueblos enteros lleno de puros colgados.

(Dejaba una ensarta de viejos

que parecía aquello un colgadero

de purititos guachales, uaa

ahí se asoleaban pa' la cuaresma)

Después de tantas hazañas al verlo que se paseaba, en su caballo tordillo frente de la plaza de armas lo acribillaron a tiros sin que le pasara nada.

Decían que estaba forrado con un chaleco de mallas, las balas le rebotaban mientras él se carcajeaba, se iba tranquilo a caballo sin que nadie le estorbara.

Bajaron tres campesinos de allá del cerro escondido, traíban al Ojo de Vidrio, picado de un coralillo, venía ya muerto el bandido en su caballo tordillo.

(Here goes the story of an old dark (dark skin colour) big bearded guy named Porfirio, nicknamed the Eye of Glass)

I am going to sing you a corrido (narrative song) of the robber of roads (paths) whose name was Porfirio They called him "Eye of Glass" He did not care being one-eyed because he never failed a shot

(He shot, that low class guy(?)* and he never failed)

He disguised himself as a muleteer so he could rob the towns. Mocking the government, He would kill many soldiers He would leave the mountains (hills) full of people in only their underwear**

Here comes the Eye of Glass!! shouted the scared town And he searched for the women looking everywhere He left entire towns full of hanging (hanged) people.

(He left a string of old guys that looked like hangers full of guachales***, there they would sunbathed until Lent)

After so many exploits seeing as he traveled in his dappled horse in front the Square of Arms they riddle him with shots without nothing happening to him

They say that he was lined with a netted vest (bullet proof vest) The bullets bounced off while he laughed He left peacefully on horseback without anybody disturbing him

Three peasants came down from over the hidden mountain(hill) They brought the Eye of Glass stung by a rattlesnake He already came dead with his dappled horse.