Adios a mi novia
USA
- Artist
- Luis Cacho
- Title
- Adios a mi novia
- Release
- La despedida / Adios a mi novia
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- USA
- Genre
- Hispanic Music · Mariachi · Tex-Mex
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — Mexican-American / Hispanic Songs
Not much is known about Luis Cacho, a Mariachi artist, said to have toured Vietnam on a USO-sponsored trip to entertain troops.1 He released the song "Adios a mi novia" ("Goodbye to My Girlfriend") (no label, catalogue information, or location, is provided on the record) which is narrated from a soldier's perspective, who asked his girlfriend to "please don't forget me", and he prayed to god that he would not be killed in battle. Sources1The Vietnam War in Popular Culture (Ron Milam, 2016)↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — US Combat Perspective Songs
Not much is known about Luis Cacho, a Mariachi artist, said to have toured Vietnam on a USO-sponsored trip to entertain troops.1 He released the song "Adios a mi novia" ("Goodbye to My Girlfriend") (no label, catalogue information, or location, is provided on the record) which is narrated from a soldier's perspective, who asked his girlfriend to "please don't forget me", and he prayed to god that he would not be killed in battle.Sources1The Vietnam War in Popular Culture (Ron Milam, 2016)↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Don't forget me, please, when I'm gone / For it's not easy to part from a love / And if by chance I die in battle, pray hard, so that God hears your prayers / But if God grants me life / And I come back to see you, we'll make a home together, and I swear to stay with you until death and give you my heart, as I give it to God / But if God grants me life, and I come back to see you, we'll make a home together, and I swear to stay with you until death and give you my heart, as I give it to God __________ Spanish: No me olvidas porfavor quando ve vaya / Que no es facil a dejarse de un amor / Y se a caso yo me murir en la batalla resa mucho y que tus rezos oiga dios / Mas si dios me presta vida / Y vuelvo a ver te por haremos un hogar entre los dos y te juro estar contigo hasta la muerte y intregerte, como a dios, mi corazon / Mas si dios me presta vida, y vuelvo a ver te por haremos un hogar entre los dos y te juro estar contigo hasta la muerte y intregerte, como a dios, mi corazon
Themes
In collections
Mexican-American / Hispanic Songs · US Combat Perspective Songs [War Years]