Derek Piotr
Fieldwork Archive

492

Las mañanitas


Performed by Grecia Magdaleno.
Recorded February 3, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois.
Learned from their mother, Irma Carmina "Mina" Magdaleno (b. 1970),
of Guamúchil, Sinaloa, Mexico (immigrated to Arizona in 1992).


Estas son las mañanitas
que cantaba el rey David
a las muchachas bonitas;
se las cantamos a ti.

Despierta, mi bien, despierta;
mira que ya amaneció.
Ya los pajaritos cantan;
la luna ya se metió.
These are the morning songs
that King David sang
to the pretty girls;
we sing them to you.

Wake up, my love, wake up;
look, the sun has already risen.
The little birds are already singing;
the moon has already set.





Variants

1823 · Qué linda está la mañana

Tags

Illinois, United States