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A Texas-Mexican Cancionero

A Texas-Mexican Cancionero

Folksongs of the Lower Border

by Américo Paredes

Foreword by Manuel Peña

Published by: University of Texas Press

Imprint: University of Texas Press

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9780292787964
Published: July 2010

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Contents
Praise

The folksongs of Texas's Mexican population pulsate with the lives of folk heroes, gringos, smugglers, generals, jailbirds, and beautiful women. In his cancionero, or songbook, Américo Paredes presents sixty-six of these songs in bilingual text—along with their music, notes on tempo and performance, and discography. Manuel Peña's new foreword situates these songs within the main currents of Mexican American music.

Preface
Introduction
Foreword by Manuel Peña
Part I. Old Songs from Colonial Days
- 1. La pastora
- 2. La ciudad de Jauja
- 3. El borrego gordo
- 4. El marrano gordo
- 5. Delgadina
- 6. Elena
Part II. Songs of Border Conflict
- 7. Los inditos
- 8. El general Cortina
- 9. Los franceses
- 10. A Zaragoza
- 11. A Grant
- 12. Kiansis I; Kiansis II
- 13. La Pensilvania
- 14. Rito García
- 15. Los pronunciados
- 16. El capitán Hall
- 17. José Mosqueda
- 18. Gregorio Cortez
- 19. Ignacio Treviño
- 20. Jacinto Treviño
- 21. Los sediciosos
- 22. Pablo González
- 23. Alonso
- 24. Arnulfo
- 25. Alejos Sierra
- 26. Laredo
- 27. La toma de Ciudad Juárez
- 28. La toma de Matamoros
- 29. El Automóvil Gris
- 30. No decías, Pancho Villa
- 31. La persecución de Villa
- 32. Benjamín Argumedo
- 33. Felipe Angeles
- 34. Mariano Reséndez
- 35. Los tequileros
- 36. Dionisio Maldonado
- 37. El contrabando de El Paso
- 38. Manuel Garza de León
- 39. La canción de Carlos Guillén (El prisionero de San Juan de Ulúa)
- 40. Las once acaban de dar
Part III. Songs for Special Occasions
- 41. Las posadas
- 42. Los aguinaldos
- 43. Señora Santa Ana
- 44. Don Pedrito Jaramillo
- 45. La realidad
- 46. El huérfano
- 47. La chiva
- 48. El charamusquero
Part IV. Romantic and Comic Songs
- 49. Trigueña hermosa
- 50. La negrita
- 51. La tísica
- 52. A las tres de la mañana
- 53. Andándome yo paseando
- 54. El colúmpico
- 55. La borrega prieta
- 56. Malhaya la cocina
- 57. Dime sí, sí, sí
- 58. Carta escrita sobre un cajón
- 59. El crudo
Part V. The Pocho Appears
- 60. Bonita esta tierra
- 61. Desde México he venido
- 62. Los mexicanos que hablan inglés
- 63. From a Border Zarzuela
- 64. Mucho me gusta mi novia
- 65. Ya se va la televisión
- 66. Tex-Mex Serenade
Epilogue
Notes to the Songs
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

"...Paredes writes with both the first-hand authority of a cultural insider and an experienced scholar's care for documentation. His clear, direct and personal style makes the book the most widely useful textbook on a regional Mexican musical tradition since his earlier work, 'With His Pistol in His Hand': A Border Ballad and Its Hero." ~Ethnomusicology

"Paredes makes possible a greater understanding of how ordinary people react and reacted to the experience of living on the border, politically, socially, and personally, between two cultures. It is of major importance in the social history of the area." ~Journal of the West

"...highly useful for courses in Chicano politics, folklore, sociology, and anthropology." ~Journal of American Folklore

"Paredes' book should be read by everyone interested in Mexican American history." ~Journal of Mexican American History