Heroe Caido
Cidra 2015 · USA
- Artist
- Juan Oyola
- Title
- Heroe Caido
- Release
- Heroe caido / Recuerdo de aquella noche
- Label
- Cidra # 2015
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Juan Oyola
- Genre
- Hispanic Music · Corrido · Ranchera · Tejano
Annotation — Mexican-American / Hispanic Songs
The track "Heroe caido" ("Fallen Hero") (Cidra Records # 2015) is a corrido paying tribute to a soldier killed in action (K.I.A.) in Vietnam: "My brother has fallen in a land called Vietnam" - narrated from the domestic, home front perspective. The brother informs their mother of the death, "when I told her the news she fell backwards" (fainted). No further information is known about this artist and record label. Transcription and translation by Joel Garcia.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer