Rio Verde, Rio Verde

Rio Verde, Rio Verde! / Many a corpse is bathed in thee, / Both of Moors and eke of Christians, / Slain with swords most cruelly.

And thy pure and crystal waters / Dappled are with crimson gore; / For between the Moors and Christians / Long has been the fight and sore.

Dukes and Counts fell bleeding near thee, / Lords of high renown were slain, / Perished many a brave hidalgo / Of the noblemen of Spain.