Linda Ronstadt - La Charreada Lyrics

written by Felipe Bermejo



Ay... qué rechula es la fiesta

La fiesta charra, fiesta del sol.



Don... de los charros valientes

Dan cos sus cantos la evocaión.



El... jaripeo y su festejo

Que huele a surco y a tradición



Remedo de la faena

Mas admirada de mi nación



Bonito es el jaripeo

Y cuanto su animación

Yo quiero montarle a un toro

Pa' que me mire mi amor.



Upale y upa liu

upale y upa liu



A charreada is similar to a rodeo but

has slightly different events more par-

ticular to the style of the Charro, or

gentleman cowboy. It is very colorful

because the men always compete wearing

their elegant Charro suits, the basis of

the mariachi costume. The grand entry

(el jaripeo) features the ladies riding

their beautiful horses sidesaddle. It

also includes the singing of the tra-

ditional rancheras that I love so much.

My sister Suzi used to say that the real

test of a good singer was if he or she

could support a tone on horseback, as

she heard the singers do in the

charreada. She even learned to ride her

horse sidesaddle. If I can get her to

teach me how to do it, maybe I'll be

able to sing sidesaddle in a charreada

one day - a cherished dream of mine.

L.R.





The Charreada



How very pretty is this fiesta

The charro fiesta, fiesta in the sun



Where the valiant charros

Evoke such feeling with their songs



The festive grand entry

Smacks of tradition and the furrows

of the earth



It resembles the action of the bullfight

So admired in my nation



Pretty is the grand entry and how

great its excitement

I want to ride the bull

So that my love can see me.



upale y upa liu





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