Lyrics and translation Luar Na Lubre - Domingo Ferreiro (Con Lila Downs)

Domingo Ferreiro (Con Lila Downs)

Toca a gaita Domingo Ferreiro
Toca a gaita... "non quero, non quero!"
Porque están cheas de sangue as rías
Porque non quero, non quero, non quero

E xa secaron os ramos frolidos
Que ela traguía na saia do vento
Que ela traguía ao seu noivo soldado
Ou pescador, labrego, mariñeiro

Sobre Galiza xa caiu a peste
Ai! Os escuros sarxentos viñeron
Xa dos piñeiros colgan os homes
Toca a gaita: non quero, non quero

E o que está vivo andará polo monte
E nas aldeas os bons xa caeron
Ai! Que non vaian os lobos ao monte
Toca a gaita, non quero, non quero

Toca a gaita... que baile o bispo
Toca a gaita. non quero, non quero
Porque non é hora de festa en España
Porque non quero, non quero, non quero

Toca a gaita, que baile a cobra
Toca a gaita, non quero, non quero
Porque a gaita non quere que toque
Porque morreu Domingo Ferreiro

Sunday the Blacksmith (With Lila Downs)

Play your pipes, Domingo the Blacksmith
Play your pipes..."I don't want to, I don't want to!"
For the estuaries are filled with blood
Because I don't want to, I don't want to, I don't want to

And the withered branches have already dried
That she brought in the hem of the wind
That she brought to her fiancé, a soldier
Or fisherman, farmer, sailor

The black plague has already fallen over Galicia
Ah! The dark sergeants have come
The men are now hanging from the pine trees
Play your pipes: I don't want to, I don't want to

And the one who is alive will walk through the forest
And in the villages, the good have already fallen
Ah! May the wolves not go to the forest
Play your pipes, I don't want to, I don't want to

Play your pipes...let the bishop dance
Play your pipes. I don't want to, I don't want to
Because it is not a time for partying in Spain
Because I don't want to, I don't want to, I don't want to

Play your pipes, let the snake dance
Play your pipes. I don't want to, I don't want to
Because the bagpipes don't want you to play
Because Domingo the Blacksmith has died