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possibly by Juan López de Úbeda (flourished 16th century)

Serenilla de la Zarzuela
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Yo me iba, mi madre, 
a Villa Reale; 
errara yo el camino 
en fuerte lugare. 
Siete días anduve 
que no comí pane, 
cevada mi mula, 
carne el gavilán. 
Entre la Zarzuela 
y Daraçután, 
alzaba los ojos 
hacia do el sol sale; 
viera una cabaña, 
della el humo sale. 
Picara mi mula, 
fuime para allá; 
perros del ganado 
sálemne a ladrar; 
vide una serrana 
del bello donaire. 
-Llegáos, caballero, 
vergüenza no hayades; 
mi padre y mi madre 
han ido al lugar, 
mi carillo Minguillo 
es ido por pan, 
ni vendrá esta noche 
ni mañana a yantar; 
comeréis de la leche 
mientras el queso se hace. 
Haremos la cama 
junto al retamal; 
haremos un hijo, 
llamarse ha Pascual; 
o será Arzobispo, 
Pap o Cardenal, 
o será porquerizo 
de Villa Real. 

Text Authorship:

  • possibly by Juan López de Úbeda (flourished 16th century) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Judith Weir (b. 1954), "Serenilla de la Zarzuela", 1988 [ soprano and piano ], from A Spanish Liederbooklet, no. 3, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2020-04-12
Line count: 38
Word count: 128

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