Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-04-26

AN'U lNt" Illu N'ItU 0tNN~r
Her power and her rrido suhdued--
Hear the blast OF the trumpet.
To arms. braves. ruth 20 orme,
There " another aong that n now being
SUNG among tho Cubans which has a tune
fni air and natfictir sentiment II hnn
lately boon written. and nmacks OF the
now Instruction on the disturbed island.
II Ii called mi PAirin," and Is sung for
the most part BY tho cubans who are In
America. IL has not yet reached the
island. The nrat verse OF the song IN
spanish Is as follows;
cuba, patrla queroda,
AunQucde dsthnte iia ticmpos estnr.
1Na ercs mt quito my idolo, mi vida:
Que o. eucio do se mace no 80 clst1a
Por dissanclas laniaisi
This verse in song, traraiatcd in Eng
iish, eonveya the following sentimep'
cuhn. dear land OF my birth.
ALTHOUGH thou ~. far away now,
Thou stu nrt my love, my idol, NV life
For the spot whore one - born
.. In abocnce IL mover forgot.
There are several other aoiigp OF far-.Inr
character sung by the Cubans, but their
real war song is the "lIimuo do Bayamo."
Everybsdy has heard ia pnioma-"T There
II no swcetcr sorry known TO the inhnhi-
tnnta OF the earth. To hear a chorus OF
Cubana Ginning IN With all the parts Of
| "l-a rnlomn." tho tenor ard bass, the
soprano ana contraito OF tho sonotitar, the
| soft. weird accompaniment OF the guitar.
the plninuve. appealing tono OF tho man
dolin. and the qulvcring trilia that cuhanA
give tho last long noto OF each line OF the
| song, surely one hears the bcst OF this
world Of song. The singers fairly torn
their passionate souls loose In the pastures
Of the melody, unbridiedt and tho result
u l... ~ oh nd
IN the finale. when tho senortaa bring
their castenota into play aud alive extra
ordinary vivocsty 20 tho cnlivened strain,
tossing their pretty heads drapod with the
dainty lacce OF their mantlilhs 10 the right
and tho left with henvcn-born grace, IN
the language OF the late Bill Nye. It's a
case OF "good-bye John" with tho ciirap-
tur,d listener and spectator-he Is lost.
la paioma" is, properly apcalslnB a
Mexican song, though It 10 often called a
spaniah ecrenaae. Il was written by nAl-
four. perhaps, about the year 1851. md
have heard that Il was fifat brought 20
| this country by Uncle George Partridge,
| tho woIl-hnown hotel man, who returned
| from the CITY OF Mexico In 1854 and
brought In his trunk The frat copy Of lhis
song, which was all the rage IN Mexico.
Whether this Is true or not doesn't matter;
the ssng has come and Ia everywhere. II
\ has gone to the four-Quarters OF tho globe
and, although u may he termed TOO Ola
by the baasting uirficihns Of mudcr
timoa, they can but ohfnit that II ~ called
FOR by Sreslai request from tho audience
more than any other one toue even now.
"I.a Paiomn" IN Eng;lAh IL THE Dove"
the worry name OF the song conveying the
wooing, nmiabln, niectionotc natures OF
the Eranish-speaking people who dwell IN
the tropics. when the fomcua aieNican
HAND plays this song thoy have two or
three peculiar instruments. tho SOUND OF
which ~ much the famc AZ the cooling OF
doves. which gives additional color 20 the
dreamy, aoul-soo,hnR strain,
lhcrn are 10 many Spanish words TO the
song. meaning there arc so many different
reniimen,3 put 10 the mnlio that y IL not
worth while trying TO give the Spanish YER
sion, not ovoh tho most commonly nc.
ceptcd, 10 he tho original la Paioma." II
may DO interesting to know, however ina
tho eei,crai story of the song - about thur
A visitor returning from cuba 20 Mexico
/ brlnru with him dlatrnctinE rccouectlonf
ana tormVnting adorutions or a pretty NJ
lie epirltueile OF senoritn--"una linda
Guachinanga = whom no ielt on tns
island The song is hla solilcuuy, IN which
he turns presumably 70 her and sings;
81 n IN vcntsnn olaEara una paiomn,
Trntnla con carino Que - mi persona;
. Cuentaie mis- arnoros hicn dc mi viua,
caronnia de nores que va perdiui- e'c
This roughly Expressed In English. with
out regard 10 rhyme and the Expressions o
Mexican patois, niennRi
, II thoro should come to your gates n dove
Treat II with caresscs for q II IN spirit
Speak 10 It lovingly. crown q with flowers
, For IL Is 1, a wanderol-loat. ctc,
No exact translation OF this weird. pccu
/, liar song has ever been written, nor can !
, ever be written. since II carries win j \
many OF tho pcrplexing idioms OF Mexican
/, patolH 80 far from bcinH pure spanish
| that even the CubHns who sing II 30 sweet
, " ard 50 uniycrHaiiy fall 20 fully conipre
, hend sone OF ,hc details OF expression.
There are many such 1cnKa na LA fhlo
, ma" with the name peculiar measure .
time, nung by the Cubhns, some or thel
dances are beautiful, and Their sefeneas
. nre enchanting. For instance there y
: ia Media Nocho." written by Francis
tho famous Mexican composer. one nieh
r when he had been walked by some Mcxlcal
i. serenndsrs playing LA Palono." IN
4 ntrnina OF this beloved Mexican air wer
: led tingiInR In his mind after the aere
. nniora had departed. and he ~ once 10
: OUT OF bod and wrote "Lo Media Noche'
\ c.rhe Midnigm'D. which has tho sam
r measure and accompaniment ana quito
1 winn'1g air. ,,,,.,
. ewollow'D, which IL as familiar 10 Cuban
! al ''Home, Sweet Home" TO Americans
" carrying pretty much the same sentmen
. as the Immortal song Of John HoWur'
I, pnvne The swnllcw IN the most IL lreAte'
: az n wnndcrer without home, drft,n'
= wheresoever tho winds may blow him u
4 ina big world-anywhere beneath N
r blue sfies-always pirins. ions,gs y
: home. - .,. hclnsen ~'"" 49,