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See, I wake up early one morningMira, me levanté temprano una mañana

and I went down to Spanish Towny fui a Spanish Town

to look for a friend of minea buscar a un amigo mío

who's called seminar yardllamado seminar yard

and we started to have a little talky empezamos a charlar un poco

about everythingsobre todo

about the situationsobre la situación

and this is what he said:y esto es lo que dijo:

he told me famine,famine,famineme dijo hambre, hambre, hambre

famine on the landhambre en la tierra

because the cost of livingporque el costo de vida

is getting so high, high, highestá subiendo tanto, tanto, tanto

fees are so high, high, highlas tarifas son tan altas, altas, altas

sky highpor las nubes

because the cost of livingporque el costo de vida

is getting so high, high, highestá subiendo tanto, tanto, tanto

so I went down to Old Harbourasí que fui a Old Harbour

to look for my brother Johna buscar a mi hermano John

to ask him how is lifepara preguntarle cómo está la vida

and things and things and thingsy las cosas y las cosas y las cosas

and we started to have a little talky empezamos a charlar un poco

about everythingsobre todo

about the situationsobre la situación

and this is what he said:y esto es lo que dijo:

he told me famine,famine,famineme dijo hambre, hambre, hambre

famine on the landhambre en la tierra

because the cost of livingporque el costo de vida

is getting so high, high, highestá subiendo tanto, tanto, tanto

fees are so high, high, highlas tarifas son tan altas, altas, altas

because the cost of livingporque el costo de vida

is getting so high, high, highestá subiendo tanto, tanto, tanto

so I went down to Clarendonasí que fui a Clarendon

to look for my familya buscar a mi familia

to a little strett called Train Lanea una pequeña calle llamada Train Lane

is where I was bornes donde nací

and we started to have a little talky empezamos a charlar un poco

together togetherjuntos juntos

about the situationsobre la situación

and this is what they said:y esto es lo que dijeron:

they told me famine,famine,famineme dijeron hambre, hambre, hambre

famine on the landhambre en la tierra

because the cost of livingporque el costo de vida

is getting so high, high, highestá subiendo tanto, tanto, tanto

fees are so high, high, highlas tarifas son tan altas, altas, altas

sky highpor las nubes

because the cost of livingporque el costo de vida

is getting so high, high, highestá subiendo tanto, tanto, tanto