My husband's great-grandfather came from Jalisco to El Paso in 1895. My husband was born in El Paso in 1935 on Overland Street. He last lived in the Alamitos Projects in the Segundo Barrio until his folks divorced in 1947 and his mother moved them to California. My husband remembers going with his grandpa "Tata" across to Juarez on the streetcar to do all those things that some of you remember doing. I told my husband about the discussions here, and I asked him if he had ever had atole. "He said, of course", and he started singing a little song about it: -----pasen a tomar atole, todos los que estan pasando, que el alole esta muy bueno, y pronto se esta 'cabando---- Then he went into a military like cadence, and some of the rest of the song goes: -----rana, rana, cola de rana---- -----el zapato de Augustin se los puso el chapulin----- Does that ring a bell with anyone? My husband also just brought up a book from our library. I had forgotten about it. We have most of the books already mentioned. Does anyone have "A Mexican American Childhood--A Place in El Paso" by Gloria Lopez-Stafford. It brought back so many memories for my husband. Anyone who grew up in El Paso would enjoy it. Emilie Garcia Port Orchard, WA Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com |
I actually heard that song when I was a kid in Mexico, but a little bit different. It went something like this:Acerrin, acerran,
los maderos de San Juan,
piden pan y no les dan,
piden queso y les dan hueso,
se les atora en el pescuezo,
y se ponen a llorar.Steve A.
— In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Irma GomezLucero <igomezlucero@c…>
wrote:
> How about the following song sung to children who are sitting on
your lap,
> being rocked back and forth, while holding on to their arms :
>
> Riqui ran, riqui ran,
> Los maderos de San Juan,
> piden pan, no les dan.
> Les dan un palo detras del pezqueso. (this is when you let go of
one of
> their arms, and do a gentle chopping on the back of their neck)
>
> My parents have done this with all of their grandchildren. The
children
> used to laugh with glee even though they didn’t understand Spanish.
>
> Has anyone else heard this rocking song?
> Just wondering…
> Irma
>
> _____
>
> From: Emilie Garcia [mailto:auntyemfaustus@h…]
> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 8:59 PM
> To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [ranchos] Atole Song and El Paso
>
>
> My husband’s great-grandfather came from Jalisco to El Paso in
1895. My
> husband was born in El Paso in 1935 on Overland Street. He last
lived in
> the Alamitos Projects in the Segundo Barrio until his folks
divorced in 1947
> and his mother moved them to California.
>
> My husband remembers going with his grandpa "Tata" across to
Juarez on the
> streetcar to do all those things that some of you remember doing.
I told my
> husband about the discussions here, and I asked him if he had ever
had
> atole. "He said, of course", and he started singing a little song
about it:
>
> -----pasen a tomar atole,
> todos los que estan pasando,
> que el alole esta muy bueno,
> ! y pronto se esta 'cabando----
>
> Then he went into a military like cadence, and some of
the rest
> of the song goes:
>
> -----rana, rana, cola de rana----
>
> -----el zapato de Augustin
> se los puso el chapulin-----
>
> Does that ring a bell with anyone?
>
> My husband also just brought up a book from our library. I had
forgotten
> about it. We have most of the books already mentioned. Does
anyone have "A
> Mexican American Childhood–A Place in El Paso" by Gloria Lopez-
Stafford.
> It brought back so many memories for my husba! nd. Anyone who
grew up in El
> Paso would enjoy it.
> &nb sp;
> Emilie Garcia
> Port Orchard, WA
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _____
>
> YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS
>
>
>
> * Visit your group "ranchos
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ranchos> "
> on the web.
>
>
> * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> ranchos-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:ranchos-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe>
>
>
> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of
Service
> <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
>
>
> _____
>
>
>
> _____
>
> Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download :
http://explorer.msn.com
> <http://explorer.msn.com>