| High on mountains and low between the trees
| Alto en las montañas y bajo entre los árboles
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| Sir Gavin Grimbold rode out one day
| Sir Gavin Grimbold cabalgó un día
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| He saddled, he bridled and booted rode he
| Ensillaba, embridaba y arrancaba cabalgaba.
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| And home came his good horse but never came he
| Y a casa llegó su buen caballo, pero nunca llegó.
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| Out came his mother dear greeting so fair
| Salió su querida madre saludando tan justo
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| And came his bride drying her hair
| Y vino su novia secándose el pelo
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| Meadows lie green the corn remains unshorn
| Los prados yacen verdes, el maíz permanece sin cortar
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| But Gavin Grimbold will never return
| Pero Gavin Grimbold nunca volverá
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| He saddled he bridled and gallant rode he
| Ensillaba, embridaba y cabalgaba galantemente.
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| A plume in his helmet a sword at his knee
| Un penacho en su casco una espada en su rodilla
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| Down came his saddle all bloody to see
| Abajo vino su silla toda ensangrentada para ver
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| And home came his horse but never came he | Y a casa llegó su caballo, pero nunca llegó. |