The Strange Death Of John Doe
I'll sing you a song and it's not very long,
It's about a young man who never did wrong.
Suddenly he died one day
The reason why no one could say.
He was tall and long and his arms were strong
And this is the strange part of my song.
He was always well from foot to head
And then one day they found him dead.
They found him dead so I've been told
And his eyes were closed and his heart was cold.
Only one clue to why he died:
A bayonet sticking in his side.
La Extraña Muerte de Juan Pérez
Te cantaré una canción y no es muy larga,
Es sobre un joven que nunca hizo nada malo.
De repente murió un día,
La razón por la que nadie pudo decir.
Era alto y largo y sus brazos eran fuertes,
Y esta es la parte extraña de mi canción.
Siempre estuvo bien de pies a cabeza,
Y luego un día lo encontraron muerto.
Lo encontraron muerto, según me han contado,
Y sus ojos estaban cerrados y su corazón estaba frío.
Solo una pista de por qué murió:
Un bayoneta clavada en su costado.
Escrita por: Millard Lampell