El soldadito [English translation]

The soldier was leaving

when came to bid him farewell

the woman who loved him

and wanted to go with him.

"Go with God, soldier

who goes to the flags

I promise and announce you

that you'll become General"

The soldier was promising

"My dear, I will return

and in our wedding, my wedding coins

will be the brigadier gold braids"

She stays over a slope

waving goodbye with the handkerchief

the soldier's fiancee

until both are barely seen.

The soldier was leaving

when came to bid him farewell

the woman who loved him

and wanted to go with him.

"Go with God, soldier

who goes to the flags

I promise and announce you

that you'll become General"

The soldier was promising

"My dear, I will return

and in our wedding, my wedding coins

will be the brigadier gold braids"

Who could tell her that the soldier

dreams in the arms of another girl

and in his wedding, his wedding coins

were be the brigadier gold braids