Veracruz Lyrics

Veracruz lyrics

I heard Woodrow Wilson's guns

 I heard Maria crying

 Late last night I heard the news

 That Veracruz was dying

 Veracruz was dying

 

 Someone called Maria's name

 I swear it was my father's voice

 Saying, "If you stay you'll all be slain

 You must leave now - you have no choice

 Take the servants and ride west

 Keep the child close to your chest

 When the American troops withdraw

 Let Zapata take the rest"

 

 I heard Woodrow Wilson's guns

 I heard Maria calling

 Saying, "Veracruz is dying

 And Cuernavaca's falling"

 

 Aquel dia yo jure                  (On that day I swore

 Hacia el puerto volvere             To the port I will return

 Aunque el destino cambio mi vida    Even though destiny changed my life

 En Veracruz morire                  In Veracruz I shall die

 Aquel dia yo jure                   On that day I swore)

 

 I heard Woodrow Wilson's guns

 I heard them in the harbor

 Saying, "Veracruz is dying"