Domingo Ferreiro

Play the bagpipes Domingo Ferreiro
Play the bagpipes... 'I don't want to, I don't want to!'
Because the estuaries are full of blood
Because I don't want to, I don't want to.

And the blooming branches have dried up
That she carried in the wind's skirt
That she carried to her soldier boyfriend
Or fisherman, farmer, sailor.

The plague has already fallen on Galicia
Oh! The dark sergeants have come
Now men hang from the pine trees
Play the bagpipes: I don't want to, I don't want to.

And those who are alive will walk through the mountains
And in the villages the good ones have already fallen
Oh! May the wolves not go to the mountains
Play the bagpipes, I don't want to, I don't want to.

Play the bagpipes... let the bishop dance
Play the bagpipes.. I don't want to, I don't want to
Because it's not a time for celebration in Spain
Because I don't want to, I don't want to, I don't want to.

Play the bagpipes, let the snake dance
Play the bagpipes, I don't want to, I don't want to
Because the bagpipes don't want me to play
Because Domingo Ferreiro died.