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Juan Charrasqueado

from D​á​le Vuelo! by Lone Piñon

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Corrido composed by Víctor Cordero Aurrecoechea (Mexico City, 1945). This corrido was a huge hit when it came out in Mexico and was eventually made into a film. In a few years it was being played as a polka by Northern New Mexican fiddle players. Our version is based on the early commercial recording by Jorge Negrete but integrates a regional arrangment by Librado Leyba (Leyba, NM) that was recorded by John Donald Robb in 1950.

lyrics

Voy a contarles un corrido muy mentado
De lo que pasa allá en la hacienda de La Flor
La triste historia de un ranchero enamorado
Que fue borracho, parrandero y jugador

I’m going to recite a well-known corrido
Something that happened in a village called La Flor
The sad story of a small-town don Juan
Who loved to drink and party, and was good at cards.

Juan se llamaba y lo apodaban Charrasqueado
Era valiente y arriesgado en el amor
A las mujeres más bonitas se llevaba
En esos campos no dejaba ni una flor

His name was Juan and they nicknamed him for a scar on his cheek
He was risky and self-assured when it came to romance
He sharpened his skills on the most beautiful women around
He couldn’t pass a field without picking each flower

Un día domingo en que se estaba emborrachando
A la cantina le corrieron a avisar
“Cuídate Juan que ya por ahí te andan buscando
Son muchos hombres, no te vayan a matar.”

One Sunday afternoon as he was getting drunk
They came running to the cantina
“Watch out Juan--they’re looking for you
A group of many men has gathered--we don’t want anything bad to happen”

No tuvo tiempo de montar en su caballo
Pistola en mano se le echaron de a montón
“Estoy borracho” les gritaba “Y soy buen gallo”
Cuando una bala atravesó su corazón.

He didn’t even have time to get on his horse
Pistols in hands, they set upon him all together
“I’m drunk,” he was hollering at them, “and I can take you all!”
when a bullet peirced his heart

Creció la milpa con la lluvia en el potrero
Y las palomas van volando al pedregal
Bonitos toros llevan hoy al matadero
Qué buen caballo va montando el caporal

The corn is tall now with the rains that came
And the doves are flying off into their hills
Today there are some nice bulls being led to slaughter
What a beautiful horse the foreman is riding

Ya las campanas del santuario están doblando
Todos los fieles se dirigen a rezar
Y por la sierra los rancheros van bajando
A un hombre muerto que lo llevan a enterrar

The bells of the old mission church are tolling
And all the faithful lower their faces in prayer
Up in the hills men from the village
Are carrying down a body to be buried

En una choza muy humilde llora un niño
Y las mujeres se aconsejan y se van
Solo su madre lo aconsuela con cariño
Mirando al cielo llora y reza por su Juan

In a humble shack a child is crying
The women come and go, trading advice
Only his mother comforts him with affection
Looking to the sky she cries and prays for her little Juan

Aquí acabo de cantar este corrido
De Juan ranchero, Charrasqueado y burlador
Que se creyó de las mujeres consentido
Que fue borracho, parrandero y jugador.

That’s where I finish singing this corrido
About Juan from the country, with his scar and smirk
Who fancied himself the ladies’ favorite
Who loved to drink and party, and was good at cards.

credits

from D​á​le Vuelo!, released March 1, 2019
Noah Martinez- bajo quinto, tololoche
Jordan Wax- violin, vocals
Leticia Gonzales- violin

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Lone Piñon is an acoustic conjunto from New Mexico whose music celebrates the diversity and integrity of their region's cultural roots.

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