Lyrics of Vayan al Norte - Eliza Gilkyson

Vayan al Norte (original)

We never ask for a handout
Or more than our fair share of pay
Downtown you all know where we stand
Out looking for work by the day
You don’t ask why our farms were abandoned
Or of our choice between vida y muerte
Or why we would take such a gamble
Por las esperanzas del Norte
Vayan al Norte, vayan al Norte…
From Oaxaca to El Paradero
Survival our deepest desire
From the barbed wire de La Frontera
From the frying pan into the fire
Laying low como ladrones
En una tierra de puertas cerradas
Aun podemos escuchar las voces
De nuestros perdidos amados
Vayan al Norte, vayan al Norte
Digan adios y salgan ahora
Atravesan el rio
Queridos no lloran
Vayan con dios y vayan al Norte
Nos despertan en medio del sueno
Las caras de nuestros viejos
Saludan con las manos cansadas
Por ultima vez, adios
Y ahora nunca regresaremos
Y pasamos por su mundo como sombras
Pero una vida nueva hacemos
Aqui en las tierras del Norte
Vayan al Norte…
Atraviesen el rio
Cantan no lloran
Vayan con dios y vayan al Norte

(translation)

We never ask for a handout
Or more than our fair share of pay
Downtown you all know where we stand
Out looking for work by the day
You don't ask why our farms were abandoned
Or of our choice between life and death
Or why we would take such a gamble
For the hopes of the North
Go North, go North...
From Oaxaca to El Paradero
Survival our deepest desire
From the barbed wire of La Frontera
From the frying pan into the fire
Laying low like thieves
In a land of closed doors
We can still hear the voices
Of our lost loved ones
Go North, go North
Say goodbye and get out now
They cross the river
Darlings don't cry
Go with God and go North
They wake us up in the middle of sleep
The faces of our old
They greet with tired hands
For the last time, goodbye
And now we'll never go back
And we passed through his world like shadows
But a new life we ​​make
Here in the Northlands
Go North...
cross the river
They sing they don't cry
Go with God and go North