I heard Woodrow Wilson's guns   I heard Maria crying   Late last night I heard the news   That was dying   Veracruz was dying      Someone called Maria's name   I swear it was my father's voice   Saying, "If you stay you'll all be slain   You must leave now - you have no choice   Take the servants and ride west   Keep the child close to your chest   When the American troops withdraw   Let Zapata take the rest"      I heard Woodrow Wilson's guns   I heard Maria calling   Saying, "Veracruz is dying   And Cuernavaca's falling"      Aquel dia yo jure (On that day I swore   Hacia el puerto volvere To the port I will return   Aunque el destino cambio mi vida Even though destiny changed my life   En morire In I shall die   Aquel dia yo jure On that day I swore)      I heard Woodrow Wilson's guns   I heard them in the harbor   Saying, "Veracruz is dying"