| Upon the Clatsop Plains
| Sobre las llanuras de Clatsop
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| There lived a restless man
| Vivía un hombre inquieto
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| His fire was not cooled by the rain
| Su fuego no fue enfriado por la lluvia
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| His longing for this land
| Su anhelo por esta tierra
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| In 1843
| En 1843
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| With a Tamanawis guide
| Con una guía Tamanawis
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| He crossed the great Mt. Neah-Kahnie
| Cruzó el gran monte Neah-Kahnie
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| Under stormy skies
| Bajo cielos tormentosos
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| The Killamook Tyee
| El Tye Killamook
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| Made him prove his worth
| Le hizo demostrar su valía
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| He walked into the forest deep
| Caminó hacia lo profundo del bosque
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| To the belly of the earth
| Hasta el vientre de la tierra
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| His name was Elbridge Trask
| Su nombre era Elbridge Trask
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| And he laid his body down upon the grass
| Y acostó su cuerpo sobre la hierba
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| Where his heart had called him home
| Donde su corazón lo había llamado a casa
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| He went solemn to his task
| Se fue solemne a su tarea
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| Searching ever for the path
| Buscando siempre el camino
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| Under branch and moss and stone
| Bajo rama y musgo y piedra
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| From darkness he awoke
| De la oscuridad se despertó
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| With spirits all around
| Con espíritus por todas partes
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| He carried them back tied with a rope
| Los llevó atados con una cuerda
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| And laid them on the ground
| Y los puso en el suelo
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| His name was Elbridge Trask
| Su nombre era Elbridge Trask
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| And he laid his body down upon the grass
| Y acostó su cuerpo sobre la hierba
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| Where his heart had called him home
| Donde su corazón lo había llamado a casa
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| The people followed in his tracks
| La gente siguió sus huellas
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| And built their houses on the land
| y edificaron sus casas en la tierra
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| Where the spirits once had flown | Donde los espíritus una vez habían volado |