Bro. Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago

Songbird of the country

Please sing your tunes tirelessly

On valleys and hills

Sing afloat your theatre of amusement!

You are forever rewarded

With rice, shelter, care

By humble folks who truly cherish you.

Sing!

Sing for them! – the poor and wretched—

                They who were left forlorn

                By trusted lords

                By false guardians of welfare

                By deified magnates;

                They who are now casting

                New lives for themselves

                New hopes toward betterment.

O! Songbird so dear!

Lift them up from slumber!