El Cantor

Why — did he go away,
if he’d only stayed,
with us.
Why — did they hurt him so,
why did he have to go,
go — way.
Refrain:
El Cantor
he’ll live for evermore,
for we shall hold his banner high
in the wind
as if he’d always been
smiling, urging us always on.
For I know El Cantor
he’ll live for evermore,
for we shall sing his songs so clear,
and his melodies
are our memories
of his faith
and his love.