Mi Soldadita
Chayito Valdez
My Little Soldier
At that barracks gate
A woman is buried
Brave like no other
She knew how to defend her homeland
Every year a man is seen arriving
To pray to a division general
Who cannot be consoled
My little soldier shouts to her
My little soldier
Why did you leave, my love
Oh, my little black girl
You should have let me die
They were about to execute me
Because you offered your life
To save me
My little soldier shouts to her
My little soldier
Why did you leave, my love
Oh, my little black girl
You should have left me there
They were about to execute me
Because you offered your life
To save me
To save me
Rest in peace!
