Can you hear the drums, Fer
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nando?
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I remember long ago another starry night like
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this
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In the firelight, Fer
Hm
nando
Hm
You were humming to yourself and softly strumming your
I could hear the distant
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drums
and sounds of bugle calls were
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coming from a
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far
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They were closer now, Fer
A
nando
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Every hour every minute seemed to last eterna
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lly
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I was so afraid, Fer
Hm
nando
Hm
We were young and full of life and none of us prepared to
And I'm not ashamed to
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say
The roar of guns and cannons
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almost made me
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cry
Now we're old and grey Fer
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nando
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Since many years I haven't seen a rifle in your
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hand
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Can you hear the drums Fer
Hm
nando?
Hm
Do you still recall the fateful night we crossed the Rio
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Grande?
I can see it in your
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eyes
How proud you were to fight for
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freedom in this
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land