Monica Hall
Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:29:32 -0800
But Guardame las vacas is based on the Romanesca not the Folia.... And here is no weepy woman in the lyrics... If anything it is the woman who is doing the seducing... Monica----- Original Message ----- From: "bill kilpatrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 4:16 PM Subject: [VIHUELA] la lloroncita
lately, i've been listening (and bopping around the kitchen) to "laberinto en la guitarra" with eloy cruz. fabulous stuff. on the disc there's a folia called "la lloroncita" that might be an alternate to the "guardame las vacas" lyrics rob was looking for. "la llorona" is a real south of the border weepy about a beautiful native girl who is seduced by a dashing caballero, has several children by him, is subsequently dropped and becomes so unhinged by this abandonment that she throws first her children and then herself into the river to drown. ... there after, at night, by the river, her spirit can be heard calling for her murdered children. .. perfect stuff for the tragic chord progression of la folia. i've asked eloy for help but if anyone has an english translation of this song would they please let me know. "babelfish" was exactly that ... pure babel and decidedly fishy. http://billkilpatrickhaiku.blogspot.com/ --------------------------------- Sent from Yahoo! - a smarter inbox. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html