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SOME FORMS OF THE MEXICAN CANCI6N
y llorando me dijiste And weeping you said to me
que jambs me olvidarias? That you would never forget me?
Adi6s, Adi6s, morenita, Farewell, farewell, dark girl,
Adi6s. farewell.
Another song derived from the tonadilla is "Los Bafios,"
which shows in its decasyllabic line that it has departed to
some extent from the Spanish influence. The song is still Span-
ish, however, and the scene it describes is that of Madrid,
where in the summer the ladies of high degree would go down
to the margins of the Manzanares, accompanied by their cor-
teges (after the French fashion), to take mud baths, since
the river held too little water for baths of any other kind.
Garcia Cubas publishes the song, which was current in Mexico
around 1850:
Madre mia, ll6veme ust6 al baiio, Mother of mine, please take me to
the baths;
Madre mia, ll6veme ust6 allA; Mother of mine, oh, you must take
me there;
los calores a mi me consumen IAyl This terrible heat is consuming
me, IAy!
Madre mia i Qu6 fuerte es mi mall Mother of mine, this ailment is
intense!
It can be seen that during this period the Cancion was
strongly influenced by the Hispanic culture in theme, versifica-
tion, rhythm, and melody. During the first third of the nine-
teenth century our people, given more to imitation than to
creation, parodied the songs of the time.
Period of Development
In truth, the real traditional ingredient in the making of
the Mexican Cancidn was Italian opera, which in the first
decades of the nineteenth century appeared in the programs
of the Coliseo Theater in Mexico, alternating at times with the
tonadillas most popular at the moment. In such a manner did
the audiences of the capital hear Paesiello's The Barber of49
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Boatright, Mody C. Singers and Storytellers, book, 1961; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67655/m1/55/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.