Ladies and gentlemen, I am going to sing for you
what has happened to us (1)
they sent us to prison
that company of rich people
because we demanded our rights
for the good of our own children.
I remember the date very well
and you will remember it too
it was January the sixth
the day of the three wisemen
twenty patrolman arrived
distributing some papers.
As they were all in English
we threw them on the ground
they speak of unjust laws
that the ranch owners have imposed
brother, long live the cause
my family comes first.
My flag is red and black
and it flies forward
liberating our sons and daughters
farmworker you know it well
follow the small giant
our leader Cesar Chavez.
Take flight black eagle
don't be left behind
let the whole world know (4)
that they are going to sentence us
eighty and one farmworkers
here in the Imperial Valley. (2) and (5)
I won't yet say farewell
because it does not come from within me (6)
if I am not here going on strike
I will join the boycott.
