Cuatro soldaditos [English translation]

Green, green, green May.

Green is spring.

Four are the small soldiers

who are marching to war.

Some laugh, some sing,

and others carry much sadness.

But the smallest of them all,

is the one who carries the most of sadness.

The captain asks him,

"why do you carry so much sadness?"

- "It is not because of my mother nor father,

nor because of the war."

- "It is not because of my mother nor father,

nor because of the war.

- "It's because of a young girl

that I left at home."

He put his hand into his pocket

and found a picture of her,

and immediately the captain

fell in love with her.

"Take your white horse

and go and see your girl,

and one soldier less

we will lose in the war."

The captain asks him,

"why do you carry so much sadness?"

- "It is not because of my mother nor father,

nor because of the war."

- "It is not because of my mother nor father,

nor because of the war.

- "It's because of a young girl

that I left at home."

"Open the door, my little heaven,"

the girl opened the door.

"'cause it's due to your cute little face

that they have freed me from the war."

She ran to greet him

with tears on the cheek,

they have freed from the war

the man she loved the most.

The captain asks him,

"why do you carry so much sadness?"

- "It is not because of my mother nor father,

nor because of the war."

- "It is not because of my mother nor father,

nor because of the war.

- "It's because of a young girl

that I left at home."

Green, green, green May.

Green is spring.

Four are the small soldiers

who are marching to war.