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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

La Paloma
Language: Spanish (Español) 
¿Donde estaba la paloma
que el gavilá n la cogió ?
¿Que se hizo la paloma
que el gavilan la cogió ? 
En la puerta de Ramona Ay! 
Mira y fue que la desplumó . 
Todo en la vida es mentira
solo la muerte es verdá .
Porque ahí es donde se acaba 
la pompa y la vanidá .
¿Como no voy a llorar
a mi mama cuando se muera?
Ojalá que yo pudiera volverla a resucitá .
Ya me voy, Marí a,
ahí te dejo la paloma, 
Abrile el pico y que coma, 
ahí te dejo la comí a. 
Ya me voy, ya me despido aunque
la gaita está muy Buena. 
Dale duro a esa tambora pá que se
the gaita is very good.
anime mi pena

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [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 Cristian Grases (b. 1973), "La Paloma" [ chorus, guitar and percussion ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-09-18
Line count: 22
Word count: 126

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