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Just a great corrido. This style of band music is still the most popular down there. This song was on the radio all the time growing up. I sing it to myself all the time while I’m working. It’s as good as any blues song or any other “standard”. I used to love watching bricklayers and gardeners work when I was little. I’d be astounded at how strong they were. Doing work with their bare hands and dull old tools, the same work you’d probably see nine fat union workers standing around not doing in the states. And they’d always be whistling something like this while they worked. Or you’d hear it in the distance on the radio echoing through the empty chambers of the house they were building… And the announcer would go: “LLLLLLAAAAAAA ZZZZZETTAAAAAAAAAA!!!!”

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arboles de la barranca
por que no han enverdecido
es que no los han regado
con agua del rio florido
me puse a amar a una mujer
con la ilusion de amar.

De esas tres que van pasando
cual te gusta valedor
esa de vestido blanco
me parece la mejor
me puse a amar a una mujer
con la ilusion de amar.

Ya me voy a la barranca
a sembrar surcos de arroz
yo te enseñare chamaca
como se mancuernan dos
me puse a amar a una mujer
con la ilusion de amar.

arboles de la barranca
por que no han enverdecido
es que no los han regado
con agua del rio florido
me puse a amar a una mujer
con la ilusion de amar.

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from El Desencantamiento De Mar​í​a Sabina, released November 3, 2014

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