Los Viejos Estandartes
Banda de Conciertos de la Escuela Militar del Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins - Ejército de Chile
The Old Standards
The thunder of cannons has ceased
The trenches are silent now
And along the northern roads
The battalions return
The squadrons come back
To Chile! And to their old loves
In their victorious banners
They carry a thousand memories of glory
Bullets tore through their silks
And their stars show
And their stars show
Honorable scars of war
They march under triumphal arches
Behind their brave generals
And though they pass wounded
They march on with pride
They smile like men
And return undefeated
The Old Standards pass by
That fought in the battles
And soaked in blood
They led the soldiers
And covered the dead
Like noble shrouds
There go the bronze Infants!
Fire! Iron artilleryman
And their sabers and lances in the wind
Charge! The silver horsemen
The thunder of cannons has ceased
The trenches are silent now
And along the northern roads
The battalions return
The squadrons come back
To Chile! And to their old loves
The thunder of cannons has ceased
Peace returns to the hearts
And like bronze sentinels
The soldiers keep watch
That they wave proudly, forever
The Old Standards
