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La Cucaracha

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TENGO UNA FIESTA AQUI EN EL BARRIO Y QUIERO A TODOS MIS AMIGOS INVITAR Y LAS MUCHACHAS LAS MAS BONITAS QUE SE PREPAREN PORQUE LAS SACO A BAILAR EL MENEAITO DEL BORRACHITO MIRA QUE BUENA QUE ESTA MI FIESTA YA TODOS MUEVEN SUS CADERAS AL BAILAR EL MENEAITO DEL BORRACHITO ES UN PASITO QUE LAS NIñAS QUIEREN DAR EL MENEAITO DEL BORRACHITO ENGLISH TRANSLATION: I HAVE A PARTY HERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I WANT TO INVITE ALL MY FRIENDS AND THE PRETTIEST GIRLS LET THEM GET READY BECAUSE I WILL ASK THEM OUT TO DANCE THE SHAKEY OF THE LITTLE DRUNK LOOK HOW GOOD MY PARTY IS EVERYONE IS SHAKING THEIR HIPS DANCING THE SHAKEY IT IS A SMALL STEP GIRLS WANT TO GIVE
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DESPACITO ME HAS DE ENTERRAR ESA DAGA HASTA EL FONDO DE MI POBRE CORAZON Y SI LLEGO DE TRISTEZA A DESANGRARME SERAS TU UNA CRIMINAL POR TU TRAICION COMO ME HACES SUFRIR AQUI EN EL ALMA COMO ME MATAS TU SIN COMPASION SOLO BORRACHO ME AGUANTO CUANDO PASE TU TIRANA PUNALADA AL CORAZON ME JURASTE SERME FIEL TODA LA VIDA Y ENTREGARME SOLO A MI TU DULCE AMOR PERO EN VEZ DE AMAR BIEN SOLO ME ENGAñAS Y AHORA SIENTO QUE ME MUERO DE DOLOR COMO ME HACES SUFRIR AQUI EN EL ALMA COMO ME MATAS TU SIN COMPASION SOLO BORRACHO ME AGUANTO CUANDO PASE TU TIRANA PUNALADA AL CORAZON ENGLISH TRANSLATION: SLOWLY YOU WILL BURY THAT DAGGER THROUGH ME DEEP WITHIN MY POOR HEART AND IF YOU BREAK MY HEART WITH SADNESS YOU WILL BECOME A CRIMINAL FOR YOUR BETRAYAL HOW YOU MAKE MY SOUL SUFFER HOW YOU KILL ME WITHOUT COMPASSION ONLY DRUNK CAN I ENDURE YOUR TIRANICAL DAGGER THROUGH THE HEART YOU PROMISED TO BE FAITHFULL ALL YOUR LIFE AND GIVE YOUR SWEET LOVE TO ONLY ME BUT INSTEAD OF LOVING ME YOU BETRAY ME AND NOW I AM DIYING OF PAIN HOW YOU MAKE MY SOUL SUFFER HOW YOU KILL ME WITHOUT COMPASSION ONLY DRUNK CAN I ENDURE YOUR TIRANICAL DAGGER THROUGH THE HEART
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CARMELITA YA VENTE AL BAILE PONTE EL VESTIDO QUE TE HIZO TU MAMA ANDA GRACIOSA NO TE DEMORES PORQUE CONTIGO TODOS QUIEREN BAILAR ESA CARMELA ES MUY ALEGRE COMO SE MUEVE CON SU RICO VACILON VUELTAS Y VUELTAS SE DA DE VUELTAS Y EN CUALQUIER BAILE CAUSA GRAN SENSACION BAILA CARMELITA ESTA LINDA POLKA SACA A TU PAREJA QUE UN CONJUNTO TOCA Y SI TU QUIERES TACONEARLE DESPUES TE BAILAS OTRA CANCION YA ESTA SONANDO EL TOLOLOCHE EL BAJO SEXTO Y EL ACORDEON CARMELITA SIGUE GOZANDO CON LA REDOVA QUE NO DEJA DE TOCAR PASAN LAS HORAS CASI AMANECE PERO ESTA FIESTA ESTA NO ESTA POR TERMINAR ESA CARMELITA ES BAILADORA BAILA MAZURKA Y EL CHOTIS CON EMOCION Y HASTA PARECE QUE SE ENLOQUECE AL ESCUCHAR LAS NOTAS DE UN SAXOFON BAILA CARMELITA ESTA LINDA POLKA SACA A TU PAREJA QUE UN CONJUNTO TOCA Y SI TU QUIERES TACONEARLE DESPUES TE BAILAS OTRA CANCION YA ESTA SONANDO EL TOLOLOCHE EL BAJO SEXTO Y EL ACORDEON ENGLISH TRANSLATION: CARMELITA COME TO THE DANCE PUT ON THE DRESS YOUR MOTHER MADE YOU COME ON CUTIE DON’T BE LATE BECAUSE WITH YOU ALL WANT TO DANCE CARMELA IS VERY LIVELY HOW SHE MOVES TO THE BEAT TURNS AND TURNS AND SHE TURNS AND ANY DANCE IS A SENSATION DANCE, CARMELITA THIS PRETTY POLKA PICK A PARTNER BECAUSE THE BAND IS PLAYING AND IF YOU WANT TO STRUT YOUR HEELS THEN YOU CAN DANCE ANOTHER SONG NOW THE TOLOLOCHE IS PLAYING AND THE BASS AND THE ACCORDEON CARMELITA KEEPS HAVING FUN WITH THE DANCE THAT DOESN’T STOP THE HOURS PASS IT IS ALMOST MORNING BUT THIS PARTY IS ALMOST OVER THAT CARMELITA SURE CAN DANCE SHE DANCES THE MAZURKA AND CHOTIS WITH EXCITEMENT AND IT EVEN LOOKS LIKE SHE GOES WILD WHEN SHE HEARS THE NOTES OF THE SAX DANCE, CARMELITA.....
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El mas pesado, el mas perrón El mas pesado El mas pesado, el mas perrón El mas pesado Siempre se alinea en un McDonald’s Si no se llena se va enfrente por las donas Trae buenos polvos para el guisado Y en unas bolsas unos burros bien cargados Le sobra parque para la siesta Y tira cohetes cada vez que se despierta Trae una troca raspando pista Y es tan pesado Que se siente muy artista El mas pesado, el mas perrón El mas pesado El mas pesado, el mas perrón El mas pesado En las bailadas es muy sangrón Gorrea a los bravos Pues se siente muy fregón Todos le temen al mas perrón Pues en las fiestas Se termina el chicharrón El mas pesado, el mas perrón El mas pesado El mas pesado, el mas perrón El mas pesado Pesado, pesado, pesado, perrón Pesado, pesado, pesado, perrón El mas pesado, el mas perrón El mas pesado El mas pesado, el mas perrón El mas pesado English Translation: The heaviest, the big dog The heaviest The heaviest, the big dog The heaviest He always lines up at McDonald’s If he’s not full he crosses the street for donuts He carries good spices for the stew And inside some bags some heavy duty burritos There’s a big park for his siestas And shoots some rockets when he wakes up Drives a truck scratching the road And he’s so heavy That he fees very artistic The heaviest, the big dog The heaviest The heaviest, the big dog The heaviest At the dances he’s really mean He bullies the guys ‘Cause he feels tough Everybody’s afraid of the big dog Because at parties He eats all the chicharron The heaviest, the big dog The heaviest The heaviest, the big dog The heaviest The heaviest, the big dog The heaviest The heaviest, the big dog The heaviest
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ESTE ES EL CORRIDO DE UN HOMBRE QUE DICEN QUE FUE DEL PUEBLO EL MAS FEO DORO LE LLAMABAN ESE ERA SU APODO SU NOMBRE ERA DOROTEO ERA FLACO Y PRIETO ALTO Y JOROBADO SU CARA CICATRIZADA PELUDO Y CHIMUELO CON NARIZ DE CERDO Y HASTA UN OJO LE FALTABA CORREN LOS RUMORES DICEN QUE ERA MONSTRUO O TAL VEZ HIJO DEL DIABLO COMO DABA MIEDO LA GENTE PENSABA QUE ERA MEJOR CAPTURARLO FUERON TRES RANCHEROS DE NOCHE A CABALLO A BUSCARLO A LAS MONTANAS POR DONDE VIVIA ESE HOMBRE MUY FEO EN UNA HUMILDE CABANA AQUELLOS VALIENTES A CASA DE DORO A LA FUERZA SE METIERON PERO SE ESPANTARON YA QUE ESTABA DENTRO Y LA CARA FEA LE VIERON ERA TANTO EL SUSTO DE VER A AQUEL HOMBRE QUE AQUELLOS SE ACOBARDARON Y EN VEZ DE APREHENDERLO COMO HABIAN PLANEADO LOS TRES MEJOR SE PELARON UNO DE ELLOS CUENTA QUE NO ERA CHIMUELO MINTIO LA GENTE DE A TIRO JURA POR SU MADRE QUE AL VERLO DE CERCA TENIA DIENTES DE VAMPIRO EL SEGUNDO INSISTE QUE ALGUN DIA DON DORO VENDRA A QUITARLE LA VIDA Y EL TERCERO AFIRMA QUE DESDE ESA NOCHE DUERME CON LA LUZ PRENDIDA ESTE FUE EL CORRIDO DE UN HOMBRE ESPANTOSO LLAMABASE DOROTEO NO ERA MALA GENTE NI DEBIA DELITOS LO UNICO ES QUE ERA MUY FEO ENGLISH TRANSLATION: THIS IS THE TALE OF A MAN THAT THEY SAY WAS THE UGLIEST MAN IN TOWN DORO HE WAS CALLED THAT WAS HIS NICKNAME HIS NAME WAS DOROTEO HE WAS DARK AND SKINNY TALL AND HUNCHBACK HIS FACE HAD SCARS HAIRY AND TOOTHLESS WITH A PIGS NOSE AND WAS EVEN MISSING AN EYE AS RUMORS RUN THEY SAY HE WAS A MONSTER OR MAYBE THE SON OF THE DEVIL AND SINCE HE WAS FRIGHTENING PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT THEY BETTER CAPTURE HIM THREE RANCH MEN WENT ONE NIGHT ON HORSEBACK TO SEEK HIM IN THE MOUNTAIN WHEREAS THE UGLY MAN LIVED IN A HUMBLE CABIN THOSE BRAVE MEN IN DORO’S HOUSE THEY FORCIBLY ENTERED BUT THEY WERE TERRIFIED BECAUSE HE WAS INSIDE AND THEY SAW HIS UGLY FACE THEY WERE SO SCARED WHEN THEY SAW THAT MAN THAT THEY TURNED COWARDS AND INSTEAD OF APPREHENDING HIM AS PLANNED THE THREE TOOK OFF RUNNING ONE OF THEM TELLS THAT HE WAS NOT TOOTHLESS AND STRAIGHT OUT LIED TO ALL HE SWEARS ON HIS MOTHER THAT WHEN HE SAW HIM CLOSELY HE HAD VAMPIRE TEETH THE SECOND INSISTS THAT SOMEDAY MR. DORO WILL COME TO KILL HIM AND THE THIRD CLAIMS THAT SINCE THAT NIGHT HE SLEEPS WITH THE LIGHTS ON THIS WAS THE CORRIDO OF A HORRID MAN CALLED DOROTEO WHO WAS NOT A BAD MAN AND DID NOT COMMIT CRIMES IT’S JUST THAT HE WAS UGLY
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YO QUISIERA AMANECER CONTIGO SER EL DUEñO DE TU CORAZON Y VIVIR LA FANTASIA DE SER TUYO CADA DIA QUE ME AMES COMO TE AMO YO PERO EL TIEMPO SE ME VA EN ESTA SOLEDAD VUELVE AMOR VUELVE A MI QUE SIN TI QUIERO MORIR VUELVE AMOR VUELVE A MI NO HAY RAZON PARA VIVIR VUELVE AMOR VUELVE A MI QUE SIN TI MI VIDA ES GRIS ERES TODO LO QUE TENGO TE RUEGO AMOR VUELVE A MI SI PUDIERA DEVOLVER EL TIEMPO Y CAMBIAR AQUELLO QUE TE HIRIO HOY DARIA YO MI VIDA POR CERRAR AQUELLA HERIDA Y QUE VUELVAS OTRA VEZ A MI PERO EL TIEMPO SE ME VA EN ESTA SOLEDAD VUELVE AMOR VUELVE A MI QUE SIN TI QUIERO MORIR VUELVE AMOR VUELVE A MI NO HAY RAZON PARA VIVIR VUELVE AMOR VUELVE A MI QUE SIN TI MI VIDA ES GRIS ERES TODO LO QUE TENGO TE RUEGO AMOR VUELVE A MI
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ANDO BORRACHO PERO DE FELICIDAD PORQUE HE ENCONTRADO LA MUJER QUE YO BUSCABA LUPE, SE LLAMA MI LINDA NEGRA ADORADA HOY PIENSO EN LUPE EN MI LUPE Y NADA MAS MI BELLA LUPE ES HERMOSA Y CHAPARRITA DE NEGROS OJOS Y PEQUEÑA CINTURITA SE ME AFIGURA A UNA ROSA DE JARDIN VOY A CORTARLA VOY A CORTARLA Y REGARLA CON MI AMOR MI BELLA LUPE ES HERMOSA Y CHAPARRITA DE NEGROS OJOS Y PEQUEÑA CINTURITA SE ME AFIGURA A UNA ROSA DE JARDIN VOY A CORTARLA VOY A CORTARLA Y REGARLA CON MI AMOR ENGLISH TRANSLATION: I’M DRUNK BUT FROM HAPPINESS BECAUSE I HAVE FOUND THE WOMAN I WAS LOOKING FOR LUPE IS HER NAME MY PRETTY DARK BELOVED TODAY I THINK OF LUPE OF LUPE, AND NO ONE ELSE MY BEAUTIFUL LUPE SHE’S GORGEOUS AND TINY WITH BLACK EYES AND A SMALL WAIST SHE RESEMBLES A ROSE IN THE GARDEN I WILL PLUCK IT I WILL PLUCK IT AND WATER IT WITH MY LOVE MY BEAUTIFUL LUPE SHE’S GORGEOUS AND TINY WITH BLACK EYES AND A SMALL WAIST SHE RESEMBLES A ROSE IN THE GARDEN I WILL PLUCK IT I WILL PLUCK IT AND WATER IT WITH MY LOVE
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POR ALLI VA LLEGANDO EL COMPA A LA DISCOTECA BUSCADO UNA CHAVA PARA HACERLA SU PAREJA YA CUANDO LA ENCUENTRA SE ACOMODA SU SOMBRERO Y VA DEMOSTRANDO PORQUE AQUI ES EL MERO MERO LA SACA A BAILAR LA SACA A BAILAR LA SACA A BAILAR Y LE DA DE VUELTAS LA SACA A BAILAR (3Xs) Y EL COMPA SE SUELTA LA SACA A BAILAR (3Xs) Y SE VA MENEANDO LA SACA A BAILAR (3Xs) Y SIGUE CUMBEANDO POR ALLI VIENE EL COMPA QUE QUIERE BAILAR POR ALLI VIENE EL COMPA LAS CADERAS A MENEAR POR ALLI VIENE EL COMPA CON SU CINTO PITEA’O POR ALLI VIENE EL COMPA ACARAMELA’O POR ALLI VIENE EL COMPA Y A SU CHAVA LOCA POR ALLI VIENE EL COMPA LE DA UN BESO EN LA BOCA POR ALLI VA LLEGANDO EL COMPA CON UNA CHEVE BUSCANDO LA CHAVA QUE CON EL BAILAR SE ATREVE YA CUANDO LA ENCUENTRA SE ACOMODA EL MEDALLON Y BAILA LA CUMBIA POR EL MEDIO DEL SALON LA SACA A BAILAR LA SACA A BAILAR LA SACA A BAILAR Y LE DA DE VUELTAS LA SACA A BAILAR (3Xs) Y EL COMPA SE SUELTA LA SACA A BAILAR (3Xs) Y SE VA MENEANDO LA SACA A BAILAR (3Xs) Y SIGUE CUMBEANDO POR ALLI VIENE EL COMPA QUE QUIERE BAILAR POR ALLI VIENE EL COMPA LAS CADERAS A MENEAR POR ALLI VIENE EL COMPA CON SU CINTO PITEA’O POR ALLI VIENE EL COMPA ACARAMELA’O POR ALLI VIENE EL COMPA Y A SU CHAVA LOCA POR ALLI VIENE EL COMPA LE DA UN BESO EN LA BOCA ENGLISH TRANSLATION: THE BOASTER ARRIVES AT THE DISCO LOOKING FOR A GIRL TO DANCE WITH HIM WHEN HE FINDS HER HE FIXES HIS HAT AND WALKS SHOWING WHY HE IS THE REAL THING HE TAKES HER TO THE DANCE FLOOR HE TAKES HER TO THE DANCE FLOOR HE TAKES HER TO THE DANCE FLOOR AND HE TURNS HER AROUND HE TAKES HER TO THE DANCE FLOOR AND THE BOASTER LETS LOOSE HE TAKES HER TO THE DANCE FLOOR AND HE SHAKES HIS BODY HE TAKES HER TO THE DANCE FLOOR AND HE CONTINUES TO CUMBIA THERE COMES THE BOASTER WHO WANTS TO DANCE THERE COMES THE BOASTER TO MOVE HIS HIPS THERE COMES THE BOASTER WITH HIS FANCY BELT THERE COMES THE BOASTER SUGARY THERE COMES THE BOASTER AND ON THE GIRLS MOUTH THERE COMES THE BOASTER PLANTS A KISS THERE COMES THE BOASTER WITH BEER IN HAND LOOKING FOR A GIRL THAT WILL DARE TO DANCE AND WHEN HE FINDS HER HE FIXES HIS BELT BUCKLE AND DANCES THE CUMBIA IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR REPEAT CHORUS
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POQUITO A POQUITO TE ESTAS ALEJANDO QUE QUIERES MARCHARTE ME DI CUENTA YO QUE VAS A DEJARME ESTA VEZ PARA SIEMPRE QUE TU AMOR DE ANTES YA SE TERMINO QUEJANDOTE DICES QUE SOY UN INGRATO QUE AMOR Y CARIÑO NO TE PUDE DAR SOLO ESTAS PALABRAS QUISIERA DECIRTE Y ANTES DE ALEJARTE ME VAS A ESCUCHAR TU ABANDONO NO ME IMPORTA NADA ANDA VETE DE UNA VEZ SI QUIERES TU AUSENCIA ME TIENE SIN CUIDADO PORQUE A MI ME SOBRAN MUJERES NO TE ESPERES NI LO PIENSES TANTO YA LO SABES YO NO TE PUEDO QUERER TU ABANDONO NO ME IMPORTA NADA ANDA VETE DE UNA VEZ SI QUIERES TU AUSENCIA ME TIENE SIN CUIDADO PORQUE A MI ME SOBRAN MUJERES NO TE ESPERES NI LO PIENSES TANTO YA LO SABES YO NO TE PUEDO QUERER ENGLISH TRANSLATION: LITTLE BY I’M LOSING YOU THAT YOU WANT TO LEAVE ME I HAVE REALIZED THAT YOU’RE GOING TO LEAVE THIS TIME FOREVER THAT YOUR LOVE FOR ME HAS ENDED COMPLAINING YOU SAY THAT I’M UNGRATEFUL THAT LOVE AND CARE I CANNOT GIVE YOU JUST THESE WORDS I WOULD LIKE TO SAY AND BEFORE YOU LEAVE YOU WILL HEAR ME YOUR ABANDONMENT DOES NOT PHASE ME JUST GO AHEAD AND LEAVE IF YOU WANT TO YOUR ABSENCE DOES NOT AFFECT ME BECAUSE I HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH WOMEN DON’T WAIT AND DON’T THINK ABOUT IT SO MUCH YOU ALREADY KNOW I CAN’T LOVE YOU YOUR ABANDONMENT DOES NOT PHASE ME JUST GO AHEAD AND LEAVE IF YOU WANT TO YOUR ABSENCE DOES NOT AFFECT ME BECAUSE I HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH WOMEN DON’T WAIT AND DON’T THINK ABOUT IT SO MUCH YOU ALREADY KNOW I CAN’T LOVE YOU
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OYES TU LINDA GUERITA DE ENCANTADORA BOQUITA ME GUSTA PA’ SABOREAR EL AZUCAR DE TUS LABIOS CUANDO NOS ACURRUCAMOS Y ME EMPIEZAS A BESAR DIOS TE PUSO MI AMORCITO EN TU LABIOS DULCECITOS PARA DARME DE COMER SI ALGUN DIA TE ENCUENTRAS LEJOS Y ME HACEN FALTA TUS BESOS YO NO SE QUE VOY HACER SON DULCES BESOS QUE ME DAS Y ME SERENAN LOS SABOREO Y SABEN A YERBA BUENA HAY VECES QUE ME SABEN A DULCE VAINILLA QUE RICOS LABIOS TIENES TU CACHETONCILLA DIOS TE PUSO MI AMORCITO EN TU LABIOS DULCECITOS PARA DARME DE COMER SI ALGUN DIA TE ENCUENTRAS LEJOS Y ME HACEN FALTA TUS BESOS YO NO SE QUE VOY HACER COMO QUISIERA BESARTE PARA PODER CONQUISTARTE ANDA VUELVEME BESAR Y SI VUELVES A BESARME ASI PODRAS CONQUISTARME O TE LLEGO A CONQUISTAR CUANDO ME BESAS POR LAS NOCHES ME DESVELAS PERO DISFRUTO TUS BESITOS DE CANELA QUE DUCLES BESOS ME DAS TU CARIÑO MIO A VECES PIENSO QUE SABEN A PILONCILLO DIOS TE PUSO MI AMORCITO EN TU LABIOS DULCECITOS PARA DARME DE COMER SI ALGUN DIA TE ENCUENTRAS LEJOS Y ME HACEN FALTA TUS BESOS YO NO SE QUE VOY HACER ENGLISH TRANSLATION: HEY YOU, CUTE BLONDIE OF THE ADORABLE LITTLE MOUTH I’D LIKE TO TASTE THE SUGAR FROM YOUR LIPS WHEN WE HUG AND START KISSING ME GOD PLACED YOU MY LOVE WITH YOUR SWEET LIPS SO YOU COULD FEED ME IF SOMEDAY YOU ARE FAR AWAY AND I DON’T HAVE YOUR KISSES I DON’T KNOW WHAT I’LL DO SWEET KISSES THAT YOU GIVE AND CALM ME I TASTE THEM AND THEY TASTE LIKE BASIL SOMETIMES THEY TASTE LIKE SWEET VANILLA YOUR LIPS ARE DELICIOUS MY CHEEKY GIRL GOD PLACED YOU MY LOVE WITH YOUR SWEET LIPS SO YOU COULD FEED ME IF SOMEDAY YOU ARE FAR AWAY AND I DON’T HAVE YOUR KISSES I DON’T KNOW WHAT I’LL DO HOW I WISH TO KISS YOU TO WIN YOU COME’ON KISS ME AGAIN AND IF YOU KISS ME AGAIN THEN YOU WILL WIN ME OR I WILL WIN YOU WHEN YOU KISS ME AT NIGHT I CAN’T SLEEP BUT I ENJOY YOUR LITTLE CINNAMON KISSES WHAT SWEET KISSES YOU GIVE MY LOVE SOMETIMES I THINK THEY TASTE LIKE SUGAR GOD PLACED YOU MY LOVE WITH YOUR SWEET LIPS SO YOU COULD FEED ME IF SOMEDAY YOU ARE FAR AWAY AND I DON’T HAVE YOUR KISSES I DON’T KNOW WHAT I’LL DO

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Come party with this exciting compilation of original Mexican Norteño Music, festively performed by artists and bands from northern Mexico. Fun lyrics, acrobatic accordion melodies and contagious rhythm will keep you tapping and humming.

During the late 19th century, German, Bohemian and Czech migrants to Northern Mexico and the U.S. Southwest brought different styles among them: la redova, la varsoviana and the polka. These European immigrants fueled the demand for a local brewing industry, and they also influenced the music scene by bringing the accordion and the polka rhythm, which were part of the popular music of their homeland. Soon, local bands adopted these elements, and a new unique style gradually resulted from a blend with Mexican ranchera styles. This new style soon became a unique norteño genre, thus named because it was primarily popular in the northern regions of Mexico.
Distinguishable features of norteño include use of the button accordion and bajo sexto. The rhythm is usually steady and can be middle or fast tempo. Norteño is a style of Mexican country music and thus has a more rural sound.
Norteño has many different regional styles. Norteño in Texas, for example, is very likely to be influenced by American music, while norteña from Tijuana and Tamaulipas may sometimes have influences from the Caribbean. Durango and Sinaloa have also produced norteña bands, even though the two states are more closely associated with the musical style of banda (or duranguense). Chihuahua and Zacatecas norteño often incorporates the saxophone into their bands, creating a saxophone-accordion duet. Additionally, norteña music from Guanajuato and Chiapas sometimes employs synthetic marimbas in their music instead of the usual accordion.

Songs from "La Cucuracha" have been featured in the following Films and TV Shows:
"Punalada Al Corazon" featured in "Lost" (ABC), "The Shield" (FX Channel)
"Tu Abandono" featured in "Friday Night Lights" (NBC), "The Shield" (FX Channel)
"Lupe Se Llama" featured in "The Shield" (FX Channel)
"El Indio Y El Vaquero" featured in "Weeds" (Showtime)
"Doroteo" featured in "The Unit" (CBS)
"Carmelita" featured in "Malcolm In The Middle" (Fox)

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released January 1, 2008

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