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Translation, Please. Spanish to English

The Spanish lyrics in this song, "Skin Game", from the movie The Border.
Here are the English lyrics, I'm looking for a translation of the Spanish words.
Thanks...
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Ay, Amigo. Don't pass me by
Here we got everything that money can buy
Now it's a place where a face ain't got no name
Down here everybody's playing that ol' skin game
Down in Mexico, Mexico
Where a boy can be a man down on Mexico

Down by the river through a rolling fog
I'm the man make you walk the log
We're workin' on the coke 'n the price is right
Are you lookin' for a lover, are you lookin' for a fight
Mexico, Mexico
A boy can be a man down in Mexico

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You can get a rough translation with google translate.
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Tried many different ways...no dice.
How about you?...get any Google results? Thanks.
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Can you give us a link to the Spanish version of the song?
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Good idea...I'll look...hang on.
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I see nothing.
Thought that some here could give me a rough idea of what the hell they're chanting.
Lots of "macho"...I know that much.
Come on, boys.

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I am form Spain and can't understand a word they are saying but I'll try my best.

They repeat 4 words or sentences over and over. What I get is:

"El caballo" The horse
"No fue macho" Wasn`t macho or wasn't male (macho means just male in Spanish)
"Pendenciero" one who looks for fights
"A Don Nacho" to Mr. Ignatius

Seriously, I can't do better.
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Hahaha! I donīt understand what people say in Sweden either anymore. Mostly arabic it seems.
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I am form Spain and can't understand a word they are saying but I'll try my best.

They repeat 4 words or sentences over and over. What I get is:

"El caballo" The horse
"No fue macho" Wasn`t macho or wasn't male (macho means just male in Spanish)
"Pendenciero" one who looks for fights
"A Don Nacho" to Mr. Ignatius

Seriously, I can't do better.
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Thank you Paco...what a forum!!!
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"El caballo" The horse - Heroin is known on the street as 'horse'.
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"Pendenciero" one who looks for fights - Mentioned in the lyrics > "Are you lookin' for a lover, are you lookin' for a fight"
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This is good. ...Thanks again.


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BTW, quite a tune, eh? From Ry Cooder's album "The Border"
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Hahaha! I donīt understand what people say in Sweden either anymore. Mostly arabic it seems.
LOL!

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Here you go..

Ay, Amigo. Don't pass me by
ay amigo, no me pases
Here we got everything that money can buy
Aqui nosotros tenemos todo lo que el dinero puede comprar
Now it's a place where a face ain't got no name
Ahora es un lugar donde las caras no tienen nombre
Down here everybody's playing that ol' skin game
Aqui abajo todo el mundo esta jugando el viejo juego de la piel
Down in Mexico, Mexico
Aqui abajo en mejico
Where a boy can be a man down on Mexico
Donde un muchacho puede ser un hombre

Down by the river through a rolling fog
Aqui abajo por el rio cruzando la neblina
I'm the man make you walk the log
yo soy el hombre que te hace caminar el palo
We're workin' on the coke 'n the price is right
Estamos trabajando en la coca si el precio es bueno
Are you lookin' for a lover, are you lookin' for a fight
Estas buscando un amor o estas buscando una pelea
Mexico, Mexico
Mejico, mejico
A boy can be a man down in Mexico
Um muchacho puede ser un hombre aqui abajo en mejico
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Here you go..

Ay, Amigo. Don't pass me by
ay amigo, no me pases
Here we got everything that money can buy
Aqui nosotros tenemos todo lo que el dinero puede comprar
Now it's a place where a face ain't got no name
Ahora es un lugar donde las caras no tienen nombre
Down here everybody's playing that ol' skin game
Aqui abajo todo el mundo esta jugando el viejo juego de la piel
Down in Mexico, Mexico
Aqui abajo en mejico
Where a boy can be a man down on Mexico
Donde un muchacho puede ser un hombre

Down by the river through a rolling fog
Aqui abajo por el rio cruzando la neblina
I'm the man make you walk the log
yo soy el hombre que te hace caminar el palo
We're workin' on the coke 'n the price is right
Estamos trabajando en la coca si el precio es bueno
Are you lookin' for a lover, are you lookin' for a fight
Estas buscando un amor o estas buscando una pelea
Mexico, Mexico
Mejico, mejico
A boy can be a man down in Mexico
Um muchacho puede ser un hombre aqui abajo en mejico
Thanks for your effort, brother...but within the song there is what I'd call a chant - in Spanish - that I wanted translated.
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