Yo Soy de la Tierra

DESCRIPTION: Spanish: "Yo so de la tierra, Y de donde por alla, Donde por alla, Que ni el sol se mir' al salir. Jovencita, pidale a Dios, Que no me vaya a morir...." The driver says he is from far away, and is leaving again. He hopes for success on the road
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1934 (collected from Refugio Castillo)
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage love separation
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lomax/Lomax-OurSingingCountry, pp. 234-235, "Yo Soy de la Tierra" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: LoSi234

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