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Los Laureles Lyrics

Artist: Linda Ronstadt
Album: Canciones de mi Padre

written by Jos?Lâ€°ez

"â€¡y, qu?laureles tan verdes!
"-u?rosas tan encendidas!
Si piensas abandonarme mejor quitame la vida;
Alza los ojos a verme
Si no estâ€ comprometido.

Eres mata de algodâ€¡
Que vives en el capullo;
Ay, qu?tristeza me da
Cuando te llenas de orgullo
De ver a mi corazâ€¡
Enredado con el tuyo!

Eres rosa de castilla
Que sâ€žo en mayo se ve
Quisiera hacerte un invite,
Pero la verda no s?
Si tiene quiâ-Å¡ te lo evite,
Mejor me separar?

Por "ai" va la despedida,
Chinito por tus quereres
La perdiciâ€¡ de los hombres
Son las benditas mujeres;

Y aqu?se acaban cantando
Los versos de los laureles.

This ranchera is a standard for all
mariachis and dates back to the 1920's
or 1930's. It is supposed to have been
written by Consuelo Velâ€ quez; it was
common, especially during the Mexican
Revolution in 1910, for women to write
songs and include the couplets that men
customarily used. This would explain the
line, la perdiciâ€¡ de los hombres son las
maldites mujeres (cursed women), in the
original version. L.R.

The Laurels

written by Jos?Lâ€°ez

Ay, how green the laurels are!
What fiery roses!
If you're thinking of leaving me better
to take away my life;
Lift your eyes to look at me
If you are not engaged to be married.

You are a sprig of cotton
That lives in the bud;
Ay, what sadness I feel
When you fill yourself with haughtiness
Upon seeing my heart
Entangled with yours!

You are a rose from Castille
That can only be seen in May
I would like to invite you,
But in truth I don't know
If there is someone in the way
Better that I go away.

So goes the farewell
Chinito, to your affections
The Blessed women
Are the ruin of men;
And here ends the singing
Of the verses of the laurels

© Blackhawk Music (BMI)

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