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66
El pueblito y sus autoridades
tu nombre ensalzan repetidas
veces
porque fuiste el terror de los
franceses
en Guadalupe, Loreto y en San
Juan.
La mafiana del cinco de mayo
que con muy pocos soldados
mexicanos
un golpe rudo le diste a los tiranos
que se acercaban a Puebla con
afin.
No olviden mexicanos
que en el cinco de mayo
los zuavos como un rayo
corrieron.. . para atras.
Tirando cuanto traian
los que a Puebla venian,
apurados decian,
"Pelear es por demis."SINGERS AND STORYTELLERS
This little town and its
authorities
Exalt your name on numberless
occasions
Because you were the terror of
the French
At Guadalupe, Loreto and San
Juan.
The morning of the fifth of May
When with a handful of Mexican
soldiers
You dealt a rude blow to the
tyrants
That were hurrying to Puebla
eagerly.
Mexicans, don't forget
That on the fifth of May
The Zouaves with lightning speed
Ran... towards the rear.
Casting off all that they carried,
They that to Puebla were coming,
Exclaiming in their haste,
"It is in vain to fight."The particularist point of view of the Borderer is evident
in these songs. Grant, then secretary of war and soon to be
President, is shown as "Chieftain of the North," a title which
later would belong to Francisco Villa. Chieftain Grant belongs
to the North of the United States, but "El Norte" to the man
of the northern Mexican border has private-and heroic-
associations. Even more revealing is the view of Ignacio
Zaragoza. He is not a Mexican general but "the general of
the Border." Zaragoza was born in Texas and received his
early education in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, on the border. The
song to Zaragoza, then, is more than a commemoration of the
Fifth of May. It celebrates the fame of a native son.
Here we have two songs, in the same general pattern and
using similar tunes, presumably composed by the same person
and sung by the same group of people: one of them might
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Boatright, Mody C. Singers and Storytellers, book, 1961; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67655/m1/72/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.