El Teniente Ortiz

Lieutenant Ortiz*

sung:

The Seventies ends, vidalita
with Principlism,
the boots are coming, vidalita
and militarism.

recitation:

The Barca Puig, they leave
the eastern patriots
freedoms end
and the military comes.

The first was Latorre,
dictator and colonel,
opened the door to progress
and English capitalism.

sung:

But being a tyrant, vidalita
it's worthless
that free men, vidalita
They are ungovernable.

recitation:

Latorre emigrates, Santos comes,
General of twisted brilliants,
bloody sapatra who gets
defeat the patriots in Quebracho.

But luckily there are soldiers who understand
that obedience is not the same as duty,
the call of the country sounds loud
and there is a Lieutenant who must know how to respond.

sung:

I want to be made of hard steel
heart of pure lead,
So.
I will face the tyrant
to give my hand
end.

Today it is said that a car
even the theater will go tonight
to hear.
But at the same time the Mona Lisa
is going to meet my shadow,
So.

He faced the tyrant
and the mouth was the shot,
that.
And another bullet with his name
the man was ready
for him.

By Stones and Thirty-Three
I will not find any memory
of you.
But I will tell people
The Lieutenant was killed here
for you.

Descendant of a brave man
that I was one of the Thirty-one
Three.
You rescued their flag
to make the legend
faithful.

They never honored you
nor did they roll drums
for you.
What Balearic dictators
they are not used to gentlemen
of kepis.

When we make our history
we will honor your memory
finally.

We will call the magazine
starting to take roll
So.

When you don't say - present -
and ask, what about Lieutenant
Ortiz?

They won't say, he left home
with the abarga, with the spear
and the nag.

(Bis)

*Gives musical work "Chronicle of Free Men" (1972)