Hello friends of Hive, this time I come with a song by maestro Simon Diaz, I hope you enjoy this piece of Venezuelan folklore, Mercedes.
Simón Díaz (1928-2014). He is the most famous musician, composer and performer of the Venezuelan popular genre and his work is considered one of the most important legacies both for Venezuelan popular music and for the musical repertoire of the rest of the continent. Known mainly for the rescue of the Llanera Tonada, Simón Díaz, convinced that the Venezuelan plains tune is a musical air with unique characteristics, dedicated himself entirely to spreading it, studying it and composing it until it became an authentic musical genre in which they have achieved great artists such as Mercedes Sosa (Argentina), Caetano Veloso, Ivan Lins and Joyce (Brazil), Joan Manuel Serrat (Spain), Danny Rivera, Ednita Nazario, Cheo Feliciano and Gilberto Santa Rosa (Puerto Rico), Franco De Vita (Venezuela) express themselves ), among others. Likewise, prominent directors and composers of academic music have brought the tunes of Simón Díaz to the language of the symphony orchestra and choral arrangements, thus sealing the universal character of this musical genere.
Mercedes
Mercedes se esta bañando en las orillas de un río
Mis ojos la están mirando, pero es de un amigo mío
Yo no quisiera mirarla pero no tengo la culpa
Me parece a una esmeralda con flores de chupa chupa
Que yo le avise a mi amigo, muy difícil me resulta
Yo no quisiera mirarla pero no tengo la culpa
Me parece a una esmeralda con flores de chupa chupa
Que yo le avise a mi amigo, muy difícil me resulta.
Allá hay un caimán cebao que mide más de una cuadra
Con más cachos que un venao y más dientes que 20 babas
Ella inocente de todo se baña sin percatarse
Que cuando llegue al recodo el caimán puede acercarse
Y yo solo en la barranca, y Mercedes sin fijarse
Ella inocente de todo se baña sin percatarse
Que cuando llegue al recodo el caimán puede acercarse
Y yo solo en la barranca, y Mercedes sin fijarse.
Me voy corriendo a su casa pa' que mi amigo lo sepa
Le echaré una cantaleta y le digo lo que pasa
Que hay un inmenso peligro que corre allí su mujer
Que se lo dice un amigo que algo tenemos que hacer
Que vaya pronto a salvarla, y de ñapa voy con él
Que hay un inmenso peligro que corre allí su mujer
Que se lo dice un amigo que algo tenemos que hacer
Que vaya pronto a salvarla, y de ñapa voy con él.
Cuando llegamos al pozo la mujer no se veía
El caimán patas arriba, dormía de lo más sabroso
Le di el pésame en el acto y abrazándolo le digo
Eso pasa a cada rato, que son cosas del destino
Y que de aquí en adelante que cuente con un amigo
Le di el pésame en el acto y abrazándolo le digo
Eso pasa a cada rato, que son cosas del destino
Y que de aquí en adelante que cuente con un amigo.
Más información del artista, en el siguiente enlace:
http://www.simondiaz.com/
Mercedes
Mercedes is bathing on the banks of a river
My eyes are looking at her, but it's from a friend of mine
I wouldn't want to look at her but it's not my fault
It looks like an emerald with flowers of suck suck
That I warn my friend, it is very difficult for me
I wouldn't want to look at her but it's not my fault
It looks like an emerald with flowers of suck suck
For me to tell my friend, it is very difficult for me.
There is a cebao alligator that measures more than a block
With more horns than a venao and more teeth than 20 slime
She innocent of everything bathes without noticing
That when it reaches the bend the alligator can approach
And I alone in the canyon, and Mercedes without noticing
She innocent of everything bathes without noticing
That when it reaches the bend the alligator can approach
And me alone in the ravine, and Mercedes without noticing.
I'm running home so my friend knows
I will give him a rhyme and tell him what happens
That there is an immense danger that his wife runs there
That a friend tells him that we have to do something
Let him go soon to save her, and from ñapa I go with him
That there is an immense danger that his wife runs there
That a friend tells him that we have to do something
Let him go soon to save her, and I'll go with him.
When we got to the well the woman couldn't be seen
The alligator upside down, slept in the tastiest
I gave him my condolences on the spot and hugging him I say
That happens all the time, which are things of destiny
And that from now on I have a friend
I gave him my condolences on the spot and hugging him I say
That happens all the time, which are things of destiny
And that from now on I have a friend.
More information about the artist, in the following link:
http://www.simondiaz.com/
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