Allá Arriba, En Aquella Montaña
Language: Spanish (Español)
Available translation(s): ENG
Allá arriba, en aquella montaña, yo corté una caña, yo corté un clavel. Labrador ha de ser, labrador, que mi amante lo es. No le quiero molinero, que me da con el maquilandero. Yo le quiero labrador, que coja las mulas y se vaya a arar y a la medianoche me venga a rondar. Entra labrador si vienes a verme. Si vienes a verme ven por el corral, sube por el naranjo, que seguro vas. Entra labrador si vienes a verme.
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Jesús Guridi (1886 - 1961), "Allá Arriba, En Aquella Montaña", from Seis canciones castellanas, no. 1. [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Up there, on that mountain", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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