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Thread #5472   Message #1433365
Posted By: Abby Sale
12-Mar-05 - 07:52 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Los Cuatro Muleros + Los Cuatro Generales
Subject: RE: Los Cuatro Muleros and Los Cuatro Generales
Over the years, several people have helped me put together the following. I sing it, of course, on Franco's birthday, Dec 4 (1892)

Los Cuatro Generales                               Literal translation                               Typical Singable translation      

Los cuatro generales,                               The four generals,                               The four insurgent generals,   
Los cuatro generales,                               The four generals,                               The four insurgent generals,   
Los cuatro generales,                               The four generals.                               The four insurgent generals.   
Mamita mia,                                              Mamita mia,                                       Mamita mia,                  
Qué se han alzado,                                  They have rebelled,                            They have betrayed you,      
Qué se han alzado.                                  They have rebelled.                            They have betrayed you.      

Para la Nochebuena, (3x)                        When Christmas Eve arrives,               One Christmas holy evening,   
Mamita mia,                                           Mamita mia,                                          Mamita mia,                  
Serán ahorcados, (2x)                            They shall be hanging,                         They shall be hanging,         

Madrid, qué bien resistes,                      Madrid, how well you resist,                  Madrid, you wondrous city,   
Los bombarderos...                               Those with the bombs...                         They want to take you...      

De las bombas se rien,                           They laugh about the bombs,                  But your courageous children,
Los Madrileños...                                  The people of Madrid...                         They did not disgrace you...   

Puente de los Franceses,                        The Frenchman's Bridge,                               -----------------------------
Nadie te pasa...                                       Nobody crosses...

Porque tus milicianos,                           Because your army,
Que bien te guardan...                           How well they guard you...