Rediscovered Corrido

After exchanging a few notes with She of Poetic Romances this morning, Plotnik uncovered an old love song, written after The Great PD and family took Plot and Duck to a Lila Downes concert in Stiletto City a few years ago. It's a Northern Mexican waltz-time corrido -- you sing one verse, put down the accordion, knock back a tequila, then pick the accordion back up and sing another verse.

My Toledo Corrido

We met at a dance in Toledo
Where factories soar to the skies
We danced to Aztlan Mariachi
And I saw the stars in your eyes
Sometimes I don’t think about you
But most times it’s useless to try
It’s hard to sing this in English
In Spanish it’s easier to cry

So here’s my Toledo Corrido
With old fashioned passion and salsa and soul
Here’s to these failed romances, when sad circumstances
spin out of control
Here’s to my sweet mariposa
Here’s to tequila and lime
It’s hard to sing this in English
In Spanish it’s easier to cry

You were born here in Toledo
But I was as legal as crime
We didn't speak too much Spanish
We just took it one word at a time
Beautiful butterfly resting
But I knew one day you would fly
It’s hard to sing this in English
In Spanish, it’s easier to cry

So here’s my Toledo corrido
With old fashioned passion and salsa and soul
Here’s to these failed romances
when sad circumstances spin out of control
Here’s to the woman I cherished
Here’s to tequila and lime
It’s hard to sing this in English
In Spanish it’s easier to cry

Alzo mi copa, y canto
A un baile, yo te conoci
Tornamos a Aztlan Mariachi
Celestes en tus ojos, yo vi
A veces, mi corazon duerme
Sin exprimirme en llorar
En Ingles, mas prefiero cantarte
Castellano me quiere matar

So here’s my Toledo Corrido
Con pasion anciana, salsa y corazon
Here’s to romanzas quebradas
Con vidas chifladas, dolor y pasion
Here’s to sonrisas tan dulces
Here’s to tequila and lime
It’s hard to sing this in English
In Spanish, it’s easier to cry

Ai-yai-yai-yai!

DAK 2-18-06 (Thank you, Lila Downes)



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