Credited on the record as Poncho Villagomez y Los Gallitos del Norte.
Imploracion de un padre
Del Rio DDR-023 · San Antonio, Texas
- Artist
- Poncho Villagomez
- Credited on the record as
- Poncho Villagomez y Los Gallitos del Norte
- Title
- Imploracion de un padre
- Release
- Imploracion de un padre / Yo vi llorar a dios
- Label
- Del Rio # DDR-023
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- San Antonio, Texas, USA
- Songwriter
- Manuel Nunez
- Genre
- Hispanic Music · Ranchera
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — US Domestic Perspective Songs
The Ranchera song "Imploracion de un padre" ("Imploration of a Father"), a cover of the song above - there are two single releases of this version: Del Bravo # B-210, released in Mexico, and Del Rio # DDR-023, released in San Antonio, Texas. The artist, Poncho Villagomez, is a member of the Mexican group Los Coyotes del Río Bravo.&
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Christmas Songs
The Ranchera song "Imploracion de un padre" ("Imploration of a Father"), a cover of the song above - there are two single releases of this version: Del Bravo # B-210, released in Mexico, and Del Rio # DDR-023, released in San Antonio, Texas. The artist, Poncho Villagomez, is a member of the Mexican group Los Coyotes del Río Bravo.
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
Del Rio DDR-023, Lado A, yellow and orange label, distribution credit to San Antonio, Texas on the rim; "Imploracion de un padre" (Manuel Nuñez), ranchera; Poncho Villagomez y Los Gallitos del Norte. A radio-station ownership stamp is applied over the right side of the label. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Poncho Villagomez (Alfonso Villagomez) was a Tejano/norteno conjunto bandleader, founder of Poncho Villagomez y sus Coyotes del Rio Bravo, with a discography running from Del Bravo Records (San Antonio) singles in the 1960s-70s through Alvi Music, Rio Bravo and later Cintas Acuario albums into the 2000s, including "Imploracion de un padre" b/w "Yo vi llorar a Dios" (Del Bravo B-210, 1969). He was interviewed for an oral-history project (Cathy Ragland, 21 August 1998, recorded in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon) now held by UTRGV ScholarWorks and the Strachwitz Frontera Collection. [Source: Discogs…
Themes
In collections
US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years] · Christmas Songs · Mexican-American / Hispanic Songs