Credited on the record as Roberto y Miguel con Los Reyes de Albuquerque.
Soy Soldado
Hurricane 45-6998 · Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Artist
- Los Reyes de Albuquerque
- Credited on the record as
- Roberto y Miguel con Los Reyes de Albuquerque
- Title
- Soy Soldado
- Release
- Soy Soldado / El corrido de Juanito
- Label
- Hurricane # 45-6998
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
- Songwriter
- A. Sanchez, M. Sanchez
- Genre
- Hispanic Music · Ranchera
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
- Albuquerque, New Mexico - Hispanic, Spanish, Mexican-American - Lyrics needed
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Mexican-American / Hispanic Songs
- Albuquerque, New Mexico - Hispanic, Spanish, Mexican-American - Lyrics on back of the picture sleeve - to do
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: I am a soldier of war, I am a soldier of valor; Today I find myself here in battle, Fighting for our honor. __________ Spanish: Soy soldado de la guerra Soy soldado de valor Hoy me encuentro aqui en batalla Peliando por nuestro honor
Notes
Hurricane 45-6998, 1927 San Mateo N.E., Alb., N.M.; "Soy Soldado" (A. Sanchez & M. Sanchez), Striking Music Pub., BMI, 3:16, "Composed by Al Hurricane & Tiny Morrie"; credited to Roberto y Miguel con Los Reyes de Albuquerque. The picture sleeve front, "Soy Soldado b/w El Corrido de Juanito", has a drawing of a helmeted soldier with a rifle beside a radiant figure of the Virgin, with a photograph of two singers in white jackets holding sombreros, and reads "Composed by A. Sanchez and M. Sanchez ('Al' Hurricane – 'Tiny' Morrie)". The back prints the full Spanish lyric (words and music by A. Sanchez – M. Sanchez), in which a soldier tells of a comrade dying in his arms, prays to the "Virgin Milagrosa" and hopes the war will end in peace, plus a list of other Hurricane records by Al Hurricane, Tiny Morrie and Los Reyes de Albuquerque, "This is the 'Versatile' Label of the Southwest", the…
About the artist
Albuquerque, New Mexico. Led by Roberto Martinez, father of Lorenzo Martinez