Cuatro Soldaditos Los Rebujitos (English Translation) Lyrics

Green, green, green May, green is the spring
Four are the soldiers who are leaving for war
Some laugh, some sing, and others carry much sorrow
But the youngest of all is the one who carries the most sorrow

The captain asks him, why do you carry so much sorrow
If it’s for your mother or your father, or because you’re going to war
It’s not for my mother or my father, or because I’m going to war
It’s for a girl that I left behind

He reaches into his pocket, and takes out a picture of her
Even the captain had fallen in love with her
Take your white horse, and go with your maiden
For one less soldier, we will not lose the war

The captain asks him, why do you carry so much sorrow
If it’s for your mother or your father, or because you’re going to war
It’s not for my mother or my father, or because I’m going to war
It’s for a girl that I left behind

Open the door, my dear, open the door, maiden
For your lovely face, I have been exempted from war
She comes out to greet him, with tears in her eyes
The man she loved has been saved from the war

The captain asks him, why do you carry so much sorrow
If it’s for your mother or your father, or because you’re going to war
It’s not for my mother or my father, or because I’m going to war
It’s for a girl that I left behind (x2)

Green, green, green May, green is the spring
Four are the soldiers who are leaving for war