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