Cucurrucucú

About Cucurrucucú

"Cucurrucucú paloma" (Spanish for Coo-coo dove) is a Mexican huapango-style song written by Tomás Méndez in 1954. The title is an onomatopeic reference to the characteristic call of the mourning dove, which is evoked in the refrain. The lyrics allude to lovesickness. Over the years the song has been used in the soundtrack of several films and has gained international popularity. It initially appeared in the classic Mexican comedy Escuela de vagabundos screened in 1955, where it was sung by the star of the film, Pedro Infante. The song also gave its name to the 1965 Mexican film Cucurrucucú Paloma, directed by Miguel Delgado, in which it was performed by Lola Beltrán, who starred as "Paloma Méndez". In Pedro Almodovar's film Talk to Her (2002) the piece is rendered by the Brazilian singer Caetano Veloso in an art-song style quite different from the mariachi folk-kitsch of its original cinema presentation. Other films in which the song appears include Le Magnifique, The Last Sunset, Happy Together, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, The Five-Year Engagement, and Moonlight. more »

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2011

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Cucurrucucú paloma

Dicen que por las noches
No mas se le iba en puro llorar,
Dicen que no dormía
No mas se le iba en puro tomar;
Juran que el mismo cielo
Se estremecía al oír su llanto
Cómo sufrió por ella,
Que hasta en su muerte
La fué llamando:

Cucurrucucú,cantaba,
Cucurrucucú, gemía,
Ay, ay, ay, ay, lloraba,
De pasión mortal moría

Que una paloma triste
Muy de mañana le iba a cantar
A la casita sola
Con sus puertitas de par en par;
Juran que esa paloma
No es otra cosa mas que su alma,
Que todavía la espera
A que regrese la desdichada

Cucurrucucú, cantaba,
Cucurrucucú, no llores
Las piedras jamás, paloma
Qué van a saber de amores

Cucurrucucú, Cucurrucucú,
Cucurrucucú, cucurrú, cucurrú,
Paloma no llores

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Lila Downs

Ana Lila Downs Sánchez, best known as Lila Downs (born September 9, 1968) is a Mexican singer-songwriter. She performs her own compositions as well as tapping into Mexican traditional and popular music. She also incorporates indigenous Mexican influences and has recorded songs in indigenous languages such as Mixtec, Zapotec, Mayan, Nahuatl and P'urhépecha. more »

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