Cucurrucucu Paloma

About Cucurrucucu Paloma

"Cucurrucucú paloma" (Spanish for Coo-coo dove) is a Mexican huapango-style song written by Tomás Méndez in 1954. The title is an onomatopeic reference to the characteristic call of the mourning dove, which is evoked in the refrain. The lyrics allude to lovesickness. Over the years the song has been used in the soundtrack of several films and has gained international popularity. It initially appeared in the classic Mexican comedy Escuela de vagabundos screened in 1955, where it was sung by the star of the film, Pedro Infante. The song also gave its name to the 1965 Mexican film Cucurrucucú Paloma, directed by Miguel Delgado, in which it was performed by Lola Beltrán, who starred as "Paloma Méndez". In Pedro Almodovar's film Talk to Her (2002) the piece is rendered by the Brazilian singer Caetano Veloso in an art-song style quite different from the mariachi folk-kitsch of its original cinema presentation. Other films in which the song appears include Le Magnifique, The Last Sunset, Happy Together, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, The Five-Year Engagement, and Moonlight. more »

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Cucurrucucu Paloma

Dicen que por las noches
No mas se la iba en puro llorar
Dicen que no dormía

No mas se la iba en puro tomar
Juran que el mismo cielo
Se estremecía al oír su llanto

Como sufrió por ella
Que hasta en su muerte
La fue llamando.
Cucurrucucu cantaba
Jajajajaja reía
Ayayayaya lloraba
De pasión mortal moría.

Que una paloma triste

Muy de mañana le iba a cantar
A la casita sola

Con sus puertas de par en par
Juran que esa paloma
No es otra cosa mas que su alma

Que todavía la espera
A que regrese la desdichada
Cucurrcu paloma.
Cucurrucucu no llores
Las piedras jamas paloma
Que van a saber de amores
Cucurrucu cucurrucucu
Cucucurrucu paloma ya no le llores

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Pedro Infante

José Pedro Infante Cruz (18 November 1917 – 15 April 1957), better known as Pedro Infante, is one of the most famous actors and singers of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema and is an idol of the Latinamerican people, together with Jorge Negrete and Javier Solís, who were styled the Tres Gallos Mexicanos (the Three Mexican Roosters). Infante was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico. He was raised in Guamúchil. He died on 15 April 1957, in Mérida, Yucatán, in a plane crash during a flight that he was piloting himself en route to Mexico City. more »

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