Mañanitas

DESCRIPTION: Spanish: Title means "Early morning." The singer wishes for sun, moon, and stars to help him court, or separate from Marianita. Chorus: "Ya viene a maeciendo Ya la lus del dia nos vio, Ys dispierta amiga mia, Mira que ya amanecio."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Sandburg-TheAmericanSongbag)
KEYWORDS: courting separation Mexico foreignlanguage
FOUND IN: Mexico
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Sandburg-TheAmericanSongbag, pp. 292-293, "Mañanitas" (1 text plus free translation, 1 tune)
NOTES [39 words]: The accentuation of the chorus is left as an exercise for the Spanish-speaking reader.
Tobitt-TheDittyBag, p. 21, has a song "Morning Song" ("Las Mañanitas"). Tobitt's version is so short that I can't tell if it's the same song. - RBW
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