Derek Piotr
Fieldwork Archive

1805

Los vaqueros de San Juan


Performed by Denise Ayala.
Recorded March 20, 2026 at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Hyde Park, Utah.
Learned as a youth from her mother, Evangelina Ayala.


Los vaqueros de San Juan
piden pan, no les dan;
piden queso, les dan un beso;
se les atora en el merito pescuezo.
The cowboys of San Juan
ask for bread, they don't get any;
ask for cheese, they get a kiss;
it gets stuck right on their necks.



Variants

639 · Riqui ran, los maderos de San Juan
930 · Aserrín aserrán
1643 · Aserrín, aserrán (Wood Chips)

Tags

dandling song, Intermountain Songs Project, United States, Utah