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about
This song is a birthday present for my lovely fiancée, and best friend, Rocío Magaña.
I recently acquired a Gourd Banjo and just got around to learning how to pluck the thing when on occasion Rocío began to ask me when I was going to get around to writing a song on it.
I hadn't imagined that I'd be apt at writing tunes on a Gourd Banjo, but it turns out that they are nothing but pure unmitigated fun to play. Soon enough a song began to emerge.
This, then, is the first piece that I wrote on this instrument. It was custom-wrought,* clandestinely-recorded, and fitted to debut as a surprise for Rocío's birthday.
That said, let's call this - alas - a roughly polished stone as, normally, I take my time with recording new songs but necessarily had to craft this one in the cold, desolate, shadows with an upturned hourglass mocking my efforts.
I hope she (and you) likes it.
¡Feliz cumpleaños!
Love,
Deivito
* Many thanks to mi Tia Lola y Tio Manolo for letting me record at their house in Elizabeth, and to Julia del Palacio for her editorial/proofreading assistance!
lyrics
La Hora del Rocío
Vamos a celebrar,
y vamos a cantar,
Con familia y amistades!
En este tu día, ¡feliz cumpleaños!
Y todos damos gracias
por tu presencia,
Tú eres un regalo!
En este tu día, ¡feliz cumpleaños!
El canto del cenzotle,
el vaivén de las flores,
En la hora del rocío!
En este tu día, ¡feliz cumpleaños!
credits
released August 18, 2014
Vocals, Gourd Banjo, Classica Guitar, by Deivito
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