El Son de la Negra
"El Son de la Negra" is a Mexican folk song, originally from Tepic, Nayarit, best known from an adaptation by Jaliscian musical composer Blas Galindo in 1940 for his suite Sones de mariachi.
It is commonly referred to as the "second national anthem of Mexico." The master piece was presented for the first time in the city of New York, but Jesús Jáuregui, a Mexican ethnologist, claims that along its history the song has undergone modifications and arrangements that can hardly be attributed to a single author or epoque. The song has become representative of Mexican folk or relative to Mexico worldwide. Jáureguis's more than two decades of research were presented on 15 July 2010 at a conference held in the state of Nayarit under the patronage of the state's Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes. Among the specific topics discussed were the origin and authorship of the tune, its first recordings, excerpts from Galindo's memoirs, and photographs of older scores and lyrics.
Lyrics
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Negrita de mis pesares, ojos de papel volando. Negrita de mis pesares, ojos de papel volando. A todos diles que sí pero no les digas cuándo. Así me dijiste a mí; por eso vivo penando. ¿Cuándo me traes a mi negra? Que la quiero ver aquí con su rebozo de seda que le traje de Tepic. ¿Cuándo me traes a mi negra? Que la quiero ver aquí con su rebozo de seda que le traje de Tepic. |