Maldita Vecidad Y Los Hijos Del Quinto Patio is a legendary band from Mexico,D.F. They started in the mid-80's and are still going strong. Mojado is from their first album. It is song about someone who left for El Norte for a better life and died on the way and how the death affects the people they left behind.
Yo sabía que te ibas a ir
hoy por fin te vi partir
Yo temía que te ibas a ir
hoy tu voz la oí decir:
"Yo me voy de aquí,
me voy de aquí.
No tengo nada que darte a ti
El otro lado es la solución
por todas partes
se oye el rumor:
yo me voy de aquí"
Te ví partir
Ahora estoy sola
sola sin ti
Yo te ví partir
partir , partir, partir
Ya son dos días que no estas aquí
Hoy Pedro corre gritando hacia mí
Trae en la mano un diario gris
hay una nota perdida entre mil
que habla de ti
Habla de ti
"MOJADO MUERTO, AL INTENTAR HUIR"
No dice nada, no hay explicación
eras un cerdo oculto en un camión,
que quiso huir
Lloró por ti
A mis espaldas oigo decir:
"Yo lo ví partir,
partir, partir, partir"
hey Gomez Comes Alive! as with all your Amoeblogs - this is another great one that again brings your unique flavor. Keep em coming! - On the topic of immigrant music or songs about immigration there are also a slew of songs from other nations including Chinese and Irish. Of the countless Irish folk//trad songs on the topic, most written in a time or about an era when times were tougher than now for white European immigrants. It seems hard times and blues bring out better music and art. But one song in particular that I think is stellar and which is quite beautiful - but very sad - is "Ellis Island' which was written by Noel Brazil but popularized by Irish female vocalist Mary Black who did an amazing version of it on a single years ago. The song, which is about a long past time when Irish immigrants would take the long six week boat journey across the Atlantic in "coffin ships" (so called coz so many died on the way) and when family and loved ones would see off the immigrant at the docks in Cork there would much tears and sadness as they knew that once they left for America they would never see them again. The lyrics of the chorus go as follows: "This is the last call for Ellis Island
These are the last words I'm ever gonna hear you say So goodbye, babe Goodbye, babe."