Credited on the record as Manuel Nuñez "El Norteño", Conjunto Nocturnal de Jose Luz Juarez.
Imploracion de un padre
Nogales 45-1003 · Los Angeles, California
- Artist
- Manuel Nunez El Norteno
- Credited on the record as
- Manuel Nuñez "El Norteño", Conjunto Nocturnal de Jose Luz Juarez
- Title
- Imploracion de un padre
- Release
- Imploracion de un padre / No hay navidad
- Label
- Nogales # 45-1003
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Manuel Nunez
- Genre
- Hispanic Music · Ranchera · Tex-Mex
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — US Domestic Perspective Songs
The Ranchera song "Imploracion de un padre" ("Imploration of a Father") (Discos Nogales # DNLP-1001) looked at the home front perspective, with the father of a soldier narrating, missing his son, particularly at Christmas time. The song starts with the father kneeling before a cross, praying for his son, explaining that he fought in World War Two, but that "now a son of mine...is fighting in Vietnam". He then described how the son used to play war games as a child, and how the family enjoyed Christmas. The father concluded by saying that "there will be no dinner at Christmas". Not the picture sleeve of the LP, which showed a father praying, the soldier fighting in Vietnam, and an empty dinning table with a Christmas tree in the background. This song was also released on single: Imploracion de un padre (Discos Nogales # 45-1003).
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Mexican-American / Hispanic Songs
The song "Imploracion de un padre" ("Imploration of a Father") (Discos Nogales # 45-1003), the song discussed above, also released as a single here.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
Spanish: Like past years, times of my youth, when kneeling / He was imploring before a cross / It was the second war to which I went to fight / Implored the eternal god, that very soon that hell he came to finish / I managed to get out alive / Many remained there / Today my grief is worse god of mine seeing that / Now a son of mine, he is fighting in Vietnam / When he was little he liked to go play always with a friend / Military dress, so the months went by / Christmas was coming, great was my rejoicing / I was not missing a child when sitting down to dinner / Today my son is far away, my home is not complete / My wife has cried a lot, he has not written, he has not called / There will be no dinner at Christmas Spanish: "Al igual que años pasados / Tiempos de mi Juventud / Cuando hincado de rodillas / Suplicaba ante una cruz / Era la segunda Guerra a la cual yo fui a pelear imploraba al dios eterno / Que muy pronto aquél infierno el viniera a terminar / Yo logré salir con vida / Muchos quedaron allá / Hoy mi pena es peor dios mío viendo que ahora un hijo mío / Está peleando en Vietnam / Cuando era pequeñito / Le gustaba ir a jugar siempre con un amiguito vestido de militar / Así pasaban los meses / Llegaba la navidad Grande era mi regosigo / No me faltaba ni un hijo / Al sentarnos a cenar / Hoy mi hijo está muy lejos / No está completo mi hogar / Mi esposa mucho ha llorado / No ha escrito no ha llamado / No habrá cena en navidad
Notes
Discos Nogales 45-1003-A, green and red label with a walnut-tree logo; "Imploracion de un padre" (Manuel D. Nuñez), time 2:47, "Fox"; Manuel Nuñez "El Norteño" with Conjunto Nocturnal de Jose Luz Juarez. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
In collections
US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years] · Christmas Songs · Mexican-American / Hispanic Songs