Cuban Soldier Lyrics - Singles - June Carter Cash

Far away in a Spanish dungeon 

A Cuban soldier lay 

Slowly dyin' from the torture 

Inflicted day by day 

He begged to send a message 

But this kindness was denied 

So he called his comrades to him 

And told his story 'ere he died 

When Cuba gains her freedom 

And the Spaniards cease to reign 

There's a loved one on that island 

I will never see again 

Oh, find her for me, comrades 

And tell her you were by my side 

And I bid you take this message 

To a soldier's promised bride 

'Tis the same old story, comrades 

Love weeps when duty is done 

When Cuba was struggling for her freedom 

I was ordered to my gun 

Though I'm a captain dyin' 

The struggle will soon be o'er 

Tell her I said to meet me 

Where the soldiers fight no more 

When Cuba gains her freedom 

And the Spaniards cease to reign 

There's a loved one on that island 

I will never see again 

Oh, find her for me, comrades 

And tell her you were by my side 

And I bid you take this message 

To a soldier's promised bride 

And I bid you take this message 

To a soldier's promised bride