Juanita, Manuel and Maria in New York. 1940s.

Juanita & Maria Mendoza Juanita and Maria Mendoza began their

professional singing career during World War II in San Antonio, Texas when their, by then already famous, older sister, Lydia Mendoza stopped performing to raise a family of her own. Mother Leonora Men­doza succeeded in raising almost all of her children in the musical tradition which had been her own heritage, more out of necessi­ty than anything else, because the family found early in their career that making music, singing, and performing was more rewarding than picking cotton, shelling pecans or being domestics even though they all did their share of such jobs usually avai lable to Mexican-Americans.

Leonora Mendoza was obviously a remarkable woman whose own mother had been involved in teaching music in Rosita , Coahuila, Mexico. Leonora learned many songs from her mother and in turn passed on to her children including Lydia , Maria , and Juanita an extraordinary heri­tage of songs and fo lklore including skits , jokes & stories which made up a good part of the "show" w hich the Mendoza Family was to develop during the 1930s. People often ca lled them "Mexican gypsies" as they moved from farm to fa rm, appeared

in plazas, barber shops, restaurants, at house parties, fiestas , in tents and finally in theatres throughout the Southwest.

The Me ndoza family 's professional career began in a hotel room in San Antonio on March 8, 1928 when father Francisco Mendoza, mother Leonora, and daughters Lydia and Maria made their first phono­graph records for a traveling recording team sent down from New York to record regional music. (2 songs from this first ses­sion are heard on Folklyric LP 9023 dis­tributed by Arhoolie Records.) A few years later on March 7, 1934 at the Texas Hotel the Mendoza Family were once again recording in a make-shift studio set up in one of the hotel's rooms. After the family had completed six songs, daughter Lydia was given the opportunity to record six sides on her own accompanying herself on guitar. Among them was a song Lydia had learned from a bubble gum wrapper e nti­tled "Mal Hombre" which as soon as it was released became and overnight hit for young Lydia Mendoza and her famil y. (Many of these early Mendoza recordings are available on Folk lyric LP 9023 & 9024.) From then on Lydia was the featured member of the fa mi ly as they sang and

played for shoppers and v1s1tors and merchants and truck drivers at the Plaza de Zecate in San Antonio. The family would set up their taco stand in one corner of the plaza while other duetos and groups would compete for the nickels and dimes offered for a song. The widespread success of Lydia's records eventually resulted in tours of the Southwest, of California, Colorado, New Mexico, up to Chicago and other parts of the Spanish speaking United States. Mother Leonora was the one who organ­ized and planned it all and directed the children, including the boys Manuel, who sang, and Andrew, who became the main joke and story teller as well as MC.

With the advent of World War II it became impossible to continue the touring because tires were unavailable and gaso­line was rationed . Family star Lydia wanted to raise her family and so Leonora Mendoza took daughters Maria and Juanita under her wings and went to see Arturo Vazguez, owner of the Clu b Bohemia in San Antonio. Two beautiful young women singing their hearts out in an exceptionally emotional manner accompanied by Mrs . Mendoza on guitar were an instant sensation at the club and they were hired for $10 per night plus tips! San Antonio was not only one of the largest Spanish speaking communities in the US but was already a military training center during the 1940s and World War II , thus assuring the soulful duet an additional audience . Juanita and Maria did well indeed and about this time the Mendoza family was finally able to buy their first home largely with the earnings from this new Mendoza family dueto. Juanita in the meanwhile was becoming quite fond of one of the boys working at the Bohemia and when the rival Pullman Bar made them an offer of $15 per night plus all tips , mother Leonora took the offer as she not only liked the additional income but had no great fondness for the suitor!

In 1946 the whole Mendoza family resumed their touring with Lydia once again as the star attraction. Maria and Juanita , however, had developed a solid following and were now a very popular attraction and part of the Mendoza show. Empresario Ramiro Cortez booked the family act in California, Arizona, New Mexico and as Lydia resumed her record­ing career the opportunity finally arrived for Las Hermanitas Mendoza to make their own debut on records. During the war years the recording business had come to a standstill. These recordings you hear on this album were made on several occa­sions in Los Angeles for the Azteca label w hile the family was on tour between 1946 and 1952.

The dueto of Juanita and Maria became an increasingly popular attraction not only a t the live shows but now also on records which the girls made in large numbers for a lmost every Spanish language label throughout Texas and California. These record companies sprang up trying to meet the growing de mand from j uke box operators and tavern patrons . In those

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Ml PENSAMIENTO

SONE QUE ME JURABAS

ALGUN DIA

CADA VEZ QUE ME ACUERDO

DOS SERES QUE SE AMAN

QUE CHULA PRIET A

LINDA MOREN IT A

LOS PICONES

MANUELITA

YO VIVO EN LA PARRANDA

PERO LUPITA

TU SENTENCIA

EL RESBALOSO

EL DESOUITE

POR AHi SE DICE

Juanita Mendoza-high voice Maria Mendoza-low voice & guitar Lydia Mendoza-lead guitar unknown bass

Recorded in Los Angeles , Ca . I 946- 52

Cover photo from Andrew Mendoza

Edited by Chris Strachwitz

Original recordings made by Mr. Pela is fo r Azteca Records and released under license from Alshire In ternat ional.

Cover design by Wayne Pope

Songs transcribed a nd translated by Dan Dickey

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Juanita & Maria ( Notes continued from back cover J

days before much Spanish radio and of course no TV as yet, the juke boxes were the main outlets for new songs and artists. (Several other songs by Juanita and Maria Mendoza can be heard on Folklyric LP 9035: The First Women Duets. ) Juanita and Maria recorded literally hundreds of songs not only for Azteca Records, but fo r Ideal, Falcon , Alamo, Colonial , Sombrero, Im­peria l, and others .

After six years of touring steadily for half the year and resting the other half at home in San Antonio , the Mendoza Family show and the wonderful duet of Juanita and Maria came to a halt in 1952. The reason was the death of mother Leonora w ho was the mov­ing fo rce behind the whole organization . Juanita and Maria undertook a few more

tours on their own to Colorado b ut then Maria got married and their joint activi ties cam e to an end. Juanita continued to sing alone at La Casi ta Nightclub in San Antonio and her popularity continued th roughout the 1970s.

There have been other women d uels in the recorded history of Mexican-American music with Las Hermanas Padilla perhaps the most popular and earliest (heard on Folk lyric LP 9035: The First Women Duets) but lo my ears there was no other female duet w hich had the soulful and ear thy honesty of the Mendoza sisters: Juanita and Maria. Although most of the songs are sung from a man 's point of view, Juani ta and Maria put so much feeling into them that these records have not been equaled for

sheer emotional input in the anals of Musi ca Tejana! The songs on this LP range from old ones learned from mother Leonora (" Pero Lupita" and "So11.equeme jurabas" )tonew compositions from the period , and juke box fa vori tes . " Mi Pensa m iento" by Luis Moreno was probably the biggest hit of the lot. The on ly song from a woman 's view­point is " El Resbaloso" by Miguel Salas. The last song on the album "Por ahi se dice", although a man 's song, has a woman 's part: the prayer to Saint Anthony. Of course most love songs can be sung both ways and it was love songs in the ranchera style w hich were the most popular material of this period, and Juanita & Maria were one of the best duetos to sing them!

Mi pensamiento (Luis Moreno)

Mi pensamiento siempre anda contigo mi pensamiento te ha sido muy fiel, yo siempre vivo pensando en tu carino y tu quien sabe ni pienses en el.

jAy! pensamiento tu que eres sincere jay! pensamiento tu que eres legal , en un suspiro anda y di le a mi amada que ya me muero de tanto esperar.

Perque un carino que es verdadero roba la calma y la inquietud, porque te quiero con todo el alma no quiero a nadie si no eres tu.

jAy! pensamiento dile, " si me quieres,"

con sus promesas el tiempo borro, dile queen mi alma las llevo grabadas y solo mueren cuando muera yo.

jAy! que feliz cuando en ti estoy sonando

y apasionada en mis brazes estas, jay! pensamiento no seas tan ingrate dime que vuelve que tu la traeras.

(repeat verse 3)

Sone que me jurabas (Leonora Mendoza)

Sone que me jurabas amarme enternamente, y con pasion ard iente te di todo mi amor.

Sone que en esos campos al ru ido de las palmas, se unieron nuestras almas en un beso de amor.

Mas hoy tu no me quieres mas hoy tu me aborreces, por causa de otro amante a quien tu no mereces.

Manana que recibas desdenes de ese amante, manana que me busques ya no me encontraras.

(repeat verse 4)

My Thought

M y thought always goes with you \il y thought has been loyal to you , I li ve always thinking of your love And who knows if you ever think of it.

Oh' thought you arc sincere Oh! thought you are right , In a sigh go and tell my beloved T hat I 'm dying from waiting so long.

l:lecause a love that is true Robs one's tranquil ity and makes

one rest less, Because I love you with all my soul I don' t want anyone else but you.

Oh' thought tell her, "if you love me," With her promises that time erased, Tell her that in my soul they are engraved And they' ll only die when I die.

Oh' what happiness when I 'm dreaming of you

And you are em passioned in my arms, Oh' thought don't be so cruel Tell me that she' ll return , that you will

bring her.

( repeat verse 3)

I Dreamed That You Vowed to Mc

I dreamed that you vowed to me To love me eterna lly, And with ardent passion I gave you all my love.

I dreamed that out in the count ry To the sound of the palms, Our sou ls were uni ted In a kiss of love.

But now you don ' t love me What's more today you desert me, Because of anol her lover Who you don' t deserve.

Tomorrow you' ll be Scorned by that lover, Tomorrow you' ll come searching for me But then you won't find me.

(repeat verse 4)

Algun dia (Rafael Villareal)

Ya me voy me despido llorando sabe Dios si te vuelva yo a ver, Ya me voy porque tu ya no me quieres ahi te dejo ingrata mujer.

Llevo celos llevo sentimientos que me agobian me hacen padecer, es que tu no supiste quererme que le voy a hacer, me toco perder.

Aunque tu no me quieres a mi no podre yo olvidarte jamas, es tan grande el amor que por ti siento que hasta me dan muchas ganas

de llorar.

Ya me voy a perder por el mundo ya no se lo que sera de mi, lPa' que qu iero vivir esta v ida? sin tu amor yo no sere feliz .

Sufrire por mi triste camino algun dia mi suerte ha de cambiar, Dios lo quiere y este es mi destine sera mi castigo sufrir y penar.

(repeat verse 3)

Cada vez que me acuerdo (Lu is Moreno)

Cada vez que yo me acuerdo ganas de llorar me da, de un amor que yo tenia y que no puedo olvidar.

Cada vez que pasen miro donde se recreo mi amor, son lagrimas y suspiros jay! que ingrate fue tu amor.

Tu recuerdo me ha quedado el saber de su querer, yo pensando en sus caricias el amor de esa mujer

Con le le pedi a Cupido remedio para olvidar, el tambien lloro conmigo de ver mi suerte fatal.

Mis amigos me aconsejan queriendome consolar, que deje pasar el tiempo que esa flor le he de cortar.

(repeat verse 3 twice)

(Chris Strachwitz- 1984)

Someday

I 'm going now, I say goodbye crying Lord knows i f I 'l l ever see you again, I 'm going now because vou don't love

me anymore There I leave you cruel woman .

I bear jealousy and feel ings That weigh me down and make me

suffer, It 's that you didn't know how to love me What can I do about it? It was my turn

to lose.

A lthough you don't want me I ' ll never be able to forget you , The love that I feel for you is so great That i t j ust makes me want to cry.

Now I 'm going to lose myself in the world

I don' t know what wi ll become of me, Why should I want to li ve this life~ Without your love I won' t be happy.

I ' ll suffer through my sad lot in li fe Someday my luck must change, It 's God's wi l l and this is mv fate It ' ll be my punishment to suffer and

sorrow.

(repeat verse 3)

Each Time That I Remember

Each time that I remem ber It makes me want to cry, For a love that I had A nd that I cannot forget.

Each time the memories come I see where our love began, The memories are tears and sighs for me Oh! how cruel was your love.

Your memory has remained for me The taste of your love, I thinking of her caresses The love of that woman.

With faith I asked Cupid For a remedy in order to forget, He also cried wi th me Upon seeing my fatal dest iny.

M y friends advise me Want ing to console me T hat I should let some time pass A nd that flower wi ll be mine again .

( repeat verse 3 twice)

Dos seres que se aman (P.J . Gonzalez)

Dos seres que se aman y que se han querido, no temen olvido ni temen morir.

Cuando yo me vaya yo no soy ingrate, te doy mi ret rato en prueba de amor.

Cuatro palomitas perdidas volaron , y abandonaron su primer amor.

Yo le pido al cielo y a la providencia, que me de licencia de volverte a ver.

Recuerdas del sitio sitio encantador, donde acariciaste mi primer amor.

Al darnos un beso temblaste y temble, al acariciarte me amaste y te ame.

Los rizos que me diste en mi poder los tengo, con ellos me entretengo las noches sin cesar.

Adios para siempre para siempre ad ios, lCuando nos veremos juntitos los dos?

Que chula prieta

Que chulos ojos t iene mi prieta bonitos modes, que chula mujer, aunque soy pobre y soy muy

borracho asi me qu iere porque sabe querer

(repeat)

jAy! que mart irio cuando me acuerdo de los besitos que ella me dio, bese su boca tan misteriosa que yo en la vida jamas olvidare.

No se que siento por esa prieta con su boquita flor de un rosal, aunque en el mundo hay muchas

prietas pues nose quieren tod itas por igual.

(repeat)

Linda morenita (Rodriguez-Carranza)

Hace tiempo linda morenita que te vengo siguiendo los pases, porque qu iero que seas solo mia de estrecharte y dormir en mis brazes.

Como todo aquel hombre que quiere he sufrido en silencio mis penas, en el alma te llevo prendida pues amarte so lo es mi condena.

Morenita encantadora ando loco por tu amor, dame la dicha de verte ser tu eterno adorador

Morenita encantadora quiero en tu alma vivir, \ no me niegues tanta dicha porque yo voy a morir.

(repeat verses 3 & 4)

Two Beings That Love One Another

Two beings that love one another A nd that have wanted each other, A re not afraid of oblivion Nor do they fear to die.

W hen I go away I'm not a love'em and lcave'em type, I ' l l gi ve you my picture As a proof of love.

Four lit tle doves Became lost in their flight , A nd they abandoned T heir fi rst love .

I ask heaven A nd divine Providence, That I be allowed To see you again.

Remember the place The enchanting place, Where you caressed M y first love.

Upon kissing You trembled and I trembled, Upon caressing you You loved me and I loved you.

T he locks of hair that you gave me I have them with me, I entertain myself with them T hrough endless nights.

Goodbye forever Forever goodbye, When wi ll we see each other Together again''

What a Cute Dark Gal

What cute eyes my dark gal has Prett y clothes, what a good looking

won1an, A lt hough I'm poor and I 'm a drunk She still loves me because she knows

how to love.

(repeat)

Oh! what martyrdom when I remember The little kiss that she gave me, I kissed her mouth that 's so mysterious That I'll never forget i t in my life.

I don' t know what I feel for that dark gal With her li ttle mouth l ike the flower of

a rosebush, A lthough there are lots of gals in

the world T hey're not all just as good at loving .

(repeat)

Pretty Little Dark Girl

I t 's been a while, prett y little dark girl That I've been fol lowing after you , Because I want you to be all mine To hold you and for you to sleep in

my arms.

L ike any man that loves I 've su ffered my sorrows in si lence. I carry you grasped in my soul So to love you only is my penal ty.

Dark enchantress I 'm crazy for your love, Give me the joy of seeing you To be your eternal worshipper.

Dark enchant ress I want to live in your soul, Don ' t deny me so much joy l:lecause I would die.

(repeat verses 3 & 4)

Los picones (Luis Moreno)

No te ocupes en darme picones no seas tonta y de mal proceder, son en vano tus locas pasiones porque al cabo yo no he de volver.

Porque tu has dicho que soy muy gacho

que me emborracho por tu querer, no me importa que ya no me quieras yo tampoco te habre de querer.

Si te hallaste algun desvelado por lo pronto te armaste mujer, y de seguro que es muy bachicha muy veterano en el moscatel.

Tu pensabas que yo era tan maje que mal tino tuviste mujer, vete lejos con este relajo no es tan facil que me hagas caer.

Porque el venado que es abusado baja a la paja al amanecer, site quise pero hoy note quiero pa' que no andas hablando mujer.

Si en un tiempo tu fuiste mi cielo hoy ya tengo quien me haga el

quehacer, porque el venado que es abusado baja a la paja al amanecer.

Manuelita (Felix Borrayo)

i,D6nde te hal las Manuelita? yo quisiera saludarte, cuando paso por tu casa ya no quieres ni asomarte, dime si no tienes chanza para ya no molestarte.

Tus amigas me platican gue no volvere a besarte, que ya estas pedida y dada que ya vas a presentarte, si te casas Manuelita despues voy a visitarte.

Los juramentos que hicimos yo los guardare en mi mente, jugastes con dos barajas pero yo estaba inocente, no me importa Manuelita un amor nada se siente.

Mis amigos me vacilan y dicen que soy cobarde, que tu novio y tus hermanos a traici6n quieren matarme, no me importa Manuelita por tu amor se me hace tarde .

Vo vivo en la parranda (Jesus Favella)

No mas por gusto me gusta estar tomando

desde muy chico yo solo desdene, cuando bebo me gusta andar

cantando desde la noche hasta el amanecer.

No mas por gusto yo vivo en la parranda

con mis amigos yo he sido muy puntual,

a mi me gusta hacer noche de ronda cuando me siento con ganas de tomar.

Mis amigos que tengo no son cultos no mas toman de puro corbatear, todo el tiempo anda con uno junto pero que gasten un nicle que capaz.

No me gusta apuntarme con los chavos

que con un trago se valen de pelear, yo soy hombre y se los digo claro pues no se enojen que es la pura

verdad .

The Smooches

Don't start giving me smooches Don ' t be silly and have bad intentions, Your wild passions are in va in Because I won ' t come back in the end

anyhow.

Because you've said that I 'm really mean That I 'm gett ing drunk over your love, It doesn't mat1er to me that now you

don't love me I won't ever love you again either.

If you found yourself a carouser For the time being you're set up woman, It 's for sure he's a heavy smoker A real veteran with Muscatel wi ne.

You thought that I was such a foo l But what bad judgement you had

woman, Get away with your debauchery It's not so easy to make me stumble.

Because the smart deer Goes down to the pasture at sunrise, Yes, I loved you, but now I don 't So you won't go around talking woman.

If you once were my heaven Today I have someone to take your

place, Because the smart deer Goes down to the pasture at sunrise.

Manuelita

Where are you Manueli ta? I wanted to greet you, When I pass by your house Now you don't even want to show

yourself, Tell me i f you don't have a chance to So I won' t bother you anymore .

Your fr iends give me the word That I won't kiss you again , T hat your hand is asked for and given That you're going to make an

announcement, If you get married Manuelita Afterwards I 'm going to visit you.

The vows that we made I keep them in my mind, You played with two decks of cards But I was unaware, It doesn't matter to me Manuelita A love doesn' t feel pain .

M y fr iends tease me And say that I am a coward, That your fiance and your brothers Want to kill me by treachery, It doesn't matter to me M anuelita For your love I 'm ready to die.

I Live on a Drinking Spree

Just for fun I like to go drinking Since I was young it was no big thing

ro me, When I drink I like to go out singing From night tit the break of day.

Just for fun I li ve on a drinking spree With my drinking buddies I 've always

been rel iable, I li ke to make the night rounds When I feel the hankering to drink.

The buddies that I have are not cultured They just sponge and hang on, A ll the time they go around with me But it 's hard to squeeze a nickel out

o f them.

I don' t like to get mixed up with the young guys

T hat with one drink they're ready to f ight ,

1 'm a man and I tell it to you straight So don't get r iled, it 's the out and

out truth .

Pero Lupita (Leonora Mendoza)

jAy! Lupita que tristes son mis lamentos porque contigo no encuentro formalidad.

Suspiro y digo .,,en d6nde estara mi amada? jay! suerte ingrata, i,d6nde estara, d6nde estara?

Vol6 y se fue a las cumbres de un olivo y me dej6 con el coraz6n herido.

Suspiro y digo .,,en d6nde estara mi amada7

jay' suerte ingrata, i,d6nde estara, d6nde estara?

Tu sentencia (Luis Moreno)

Ayer tarde firme tu sentencia tu castigo de Dias lo tendras, viviras sin amor sin querencia las cuentas pendientes me las

pagaras.

Siento un odio que quema mi alma en mi pecho clavado un punal , tantas veces maldigo tu nombre que Dias es testigo me ha de perdonar.

No sere yo de los majes que se dejan malorear, conmigo hilas derecho yo te ensenare a tratar.

No me quejo porque me dejaste que aunque pobre no me ha de !altar, lo que me arde es que tu me

enganaste por eso mas tarde que te ha de pesar.

Yo no se lo que haria si te viera si con otro te llego a encontrar, no me importa a quien, 'onde quiera les paro bandera, presagio fatal.

(repeat verse 3)

El resbaloso (Miguel Salas)

Tu andas dic iendo que soy mala y traicionera

pero yo se que tu hablas nomas de purito ardor,

porque conmigo ya todo se te ha acabado

con mi aburristes por gacho y borracho,

por flojo y por abusor.

Nomas durmiendo te pasabas en mi casa

y te enojabas a veces porque no iba a trabajar,

me amenazabas con golpes y con bravata

por eso mismo por otro mas hombre yo te tuve que cambiar.

Muy resbaloso, socroso y aprovechado

con las mujeres que siempre te han mantenido,

ahora por eso no te tengo m.ls conmigo

me voy con otro diez veces mejor que tu .

(repeat)

But Lupita

Oh ' Lupita How sad are my laments Because I fi nd That I can' t count on you.

I sigh and say Oh where could my love be? Oh! cruel luck, Where could she be, where could she be0

She flew off and left To the top of an ol ive tree And left me With a wounded heart.

I sigh and say Oh where could my love be'' Oh! cruel luck, Where could she be, where could she be''

Your Sentence

Yesterday afternoon I signed your sentence

God wi ll mete out your punish111cn 1, You'll li ve without love or affection You'll pay me the ou tstanding debts.

I feel a hate that burns my soul Like a dagger stabbed in my chest, So many times I curse your name That God is witness and has to

forgive me.

I 'm not going to be one of those foo ls That let themselves get taken by

surpri se, With me you have to play it straight I ' ll teach yon-how to deal with people.

I'm not complaining because you left me

That alt hough I 'm poor. I won't lack anyth ing,

What burns me up is that you deceived me

Because of that, later on it wi ll weigh on you.

I don ' t know what I would do if I saw you

If you're wi th another when I run into you,

It doesn't matter with whom or where I would stop them in their tracks as a

sign of their impending death .

( repeat verse 3)

The Slippery Guy

You go around saying that I ' m bad and deceit fu l

But I know that you' re talking from pure bi tterness,

Because with me now everything's finished for you

With me you whiled away the time being crooked and drunk,

Being lazy and imposing.

You just spent time sleeping in my house

And you got mad at times because I didn' t go to work,

You threa tened me with blows and bravado

For exactly that I had to trade you in For someone who's more of a man .

You ' re very slippery, slimey and you take advantage

Of the women who have always supported you,

Now for that I won 't have anything more to do wi th you

I 'm going with another ten times better than you.

(repeat)

El desquite (Rod riguez-Carranza)

Ya destrozaste mi vida amargaste mi existir, y con el alma partida muy dificil es vivir.

Sofie con tu gran carino delire con dulce amor, me enganaste coma a un nino heredandome el dolor.

Te sientes muy satisfecha de esta part ida sin par, pero no vivas confiada que algun dia te ha de pesar.

La baraja es traic ionera y la suerte cambiara, muy pronto vendra el desquite pues otro me vengara .

No todo el tiempo se pierde algun dia padre ganar, ya encontrare a un amorcito que mis penas ha de calmar.

Y coma todo se paga esta vida es ilusi6n, pronto encontraras cuchillo que rasgue tu coraz6n.

Por ahi se dice (Luis Moreno)

(man 's part:) Por ahi se d ice que andas contando que ando reloco por t i arremate, pa ' que lo sepas jamas mis pulgas brincaran en tu petate.

Hacia algun tiempo que me gustaste

pero tu en cambio te alzaste el mono, ahora estoy viendo que te quedaste a rezarle a San Antonio.

(woman 's part:) iAy! senor San Antonito solo un milagro te pido, que me mandes un marido mira que me estoy pasando, no le hace que sea borracho yo le curare la cruda, jay! senor San Anton ito solo cuento con tu ayuda.

(man 's part:) Eras bonita como una rosa hoy se ha pasado tu primavera, nadie te quiso por orgullosa te hiciste la lisonjera.

Cuando te quise me despreciaste y me mandaste mucho al demonio, mira que pronto me la pagaste ahi te mando a San Antonio.

(repeat woman 's part)

The Tables Will Turn I ..

You dest royed my life You embittered my existence, A nd with my soul broken in two I t 's very di fficult to go on living.

I dreamed about your great affection I was delirious with sweet love, You deceived me like you would a

little boy Leaving me an inheritance o f pain.

You reel prett y self-satisfied A bout th is break-up unequaled

in cruelty, But don ' t be so con fident Some clay it wi ll weigh on you .

The card deck is treacherous A nd you r luck will change on you, Soon the tables wi ll turn So another wi ll avenge me.

One doesn't lose all the time Someday I ' II be able 10 wi n, Then I will find a little love That can soothe my sorrows.

A nd as everythi ng gets paid back This life is but i llusion, Soon you will find the kni fe That will rip open your heart .

Tliere's Talk Around

(111an '.5 p an:) There's tal k around that you go tell ing That I '111 completely crazy for you, So that you ' ll know, my fleas Will never jump in your bed.

I t was a while back that you li ked me But on the other hand you were

stuck up, Now I see tha1 you stayed behind To pray to Saint A nthony.

( ivo 111an '.5 pan:) Oh! clear Saint An thony I j ust ask you for one miracle, That you send me a husband Look, t ime is passing me by, I t cloesn'1 matter i f' he's a drun k I 'II cure him of' his hangovers. Oh! dear Saini An1hony I can only count on your help.

(111an 'span:) You were pretty like a rose But now you' ve passed your prime, No one wanted you because of

your pride You played the flatterer.

When I IO\'ecl you, you scorned me A nd you gave me a lot o f' hell , Look how soon you paid for it So I give you up to Saint A nthony.

(repeal 11•011wn 'span)

Maria and Juanita- San Antonio-1983