Cuban Soldier

Far away in a Spanish dungeon

A Cuban soldier lay

Slowly dyin' from the torture

Inflicted day by day

He begged to send a message

But this kindness was denied

So he called his comrades to him

And told his story 'ere he died

When Cuba gains her freedom

And the Spaniards cease to reign

There's a loved one on that island

I will never see again

Oh, find her for me, comrades

And tell her you were by my side

And I bid you take this message

To a soldier's promised bride

'Tis the same old story, comrades

Love weeps when duty is done

When Cuba was struggling for her freedom

I was ordered to my gun

Though I'm a captain dyin'

The struggle will soon be o'er

Tell her I said to meet me

Where the soldiers fight no more

When Cuba gains her freedom

And the Spaniards cease to reign

There's a loved one on that island

I will never see again

Oh, find her for me, comrades

And tell her you were by my side

And I bid you take this message

To a soldier's promised bride

And I bid you take this message

To a soldier's promised bride