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This tune is from the repertoire of Cleofes Ortiz of Bernal, New Mexico, and comes to us through Ken Keppeler and Jeanie McLerie, who worked closely with Cleofes and made several excellent recordings with him in the 1980’s (available through Bayou Seco’s website). Cleofes was born in 1910 and learned many tunes from his older cousin Maximiliano Ortiz (see track 6), and Gregorio Ruiz (see tracks 3, 4, 12 & 18), as a teenager. The words we learned from Cipriano Vigil of El Rito, New Mexico, who is a musician, instrument builder, and folklorist who has published many recordings as well as a comprehensive book of his collections, “New Mexican Folk Music: El Tesoro del Pueblo”, available from the University of New Mexico Press. Many of the verses are shared with a jota from Aragón in Northeastern Spain. Light-hearted satirical lyrics are a staple of old-fashioned Northern New Mexican songs, and elders always laugh when we play this one.

lyrics

Su mamá le dice a Julia, ¿Qué te dijo ese señor?
Mamá, no me dijo nada, no más me trató de amores.

Julia’s mom asks her, What was that gentlemen saying to you?
Nothing, Mom, he was just hitting on me.

La vecina de aquí en frente se llamaba Maria Clara,
Y si no se hubiera muerto todavía se llamara.

The neighbor-lady across from here was named Maria Clara,
If she hadn’t have died she would still be named that.

La vecina de aquí en frente me mató mi gallo blanco
Porque le andaba escarbando las semillas de cilantro.

The neighbor-lady across from here killed my white rooster
‘Cause it was digging up her cilantro seeds.

La vecina de aquí en frente tenía un gato muy barato,
Y le dice a su marido, Mira viejo, tu retrato.

The neighbor-lady across from here had a really cheap cat,
And she says to her husband, Look, old man, it’s like looking at a portrait of you.

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from Nuevas Acequias, Rio Viejo: traditional music of Northern New Mexico, released December 15, 2019
Jordan Wax: violins, mandolin, vocals
Noah Martinez: bajo sexto, upright bass
Lia Martinez: vocals

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Lone Piñon Albuquerque, New Mexico

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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