Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan – El PastorAn evening pause: The solo is by Arturo Vargas. Mariachi Vargas is accompanied by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Querétaro.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace. The lyrics, in English and Spanish, are below the fold. It is definitely worthwhile to read them during the song.
Lyrics in English:
The shepherd goes with his flock
At the break of dawn
Going down through the path
From the mountains to the meadow.
He goes mumbling his complaints
With his little flute of reed-grass,
Followed by his sheep
As if it were a spell.
The little flute…
Of the shepherd…
Ay, ay, ay….
Sings this way…
The shepherd is going back,
Since the sun is hiding
He is going up through the slope
To keep watch over his flock.
With his flute he goes calling
One by one his sheep
And he is communicating to them
His joys and his sorrows.
The little flute…
Of the shepherd…
Ay, ay, ay…
Sings this way…
Lyrics in Spanish:
Va el pastor con su rebaño
Al despuntar la mañana,
Bajando por el sendero
De la sierra a la pradera.
Va musitando sus quejas
Con su flautín de carrizo,
Seguido por sus ovejas
Como si fuera un hechizo.
El flautín…
Del pastor…
Ay, ay, ay…
Canta así…
El pastor ya va de vuelta,
Pues el sol se está ocultando,
Va subiendo por la cuesta
Para guardar su rebaño.
Con su flautín va llamando
Una a una sus ovejas
Y les va comunicando
Sus goces y sus tristezas.
El flautín…
Del pastor…
Ay, ay, ay…
Canta así…
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The print edition can be purchased at Amazon or from any other book seller. If you want an autographed copy the price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each. Go here for purchasing details. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
An evening pause: The solo is by Arturo Vargas. Mariachi Vargas is accompanied by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Querétaro.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace. The lyrics, in English and Spanish, are below the fold. It is definitely worthwhile to read them during the song.
Lyrics in English:
The shepherd goes with his flock
At the break of dawn
Going down through the path
From the mountains to the meadow.
He goes mumbling his complaints
With his little flute of reed-grass,
Followed by his sheep
As if it were a spell.
The little flute…
Of the shepherd…
Ay, ay, ay….
Sings this way…
The shepherd is going back,
Since the sun is hiding
He is going up through the slope
To keep watch over his flock.
With his flute he goes calling
One by one his sheep
And he is communicating to them
His joys and his sorrows.
The little flute…
Of the shepherd…
Ay, ay, ay…
Sings this way…
Lyrics in Spanish:
Va el pastor con su rebaño
Al despuntar la mañana,
Bajando por el sendero
De la sierra a la pradera.
Va musitando sus quejas
Con su flautín de carrizo,
Seguido por sus ovejas
Como si fuera un hechizo.
El flautín…
Del pastor…
Ay, ay, ay…
Canta así…
El pastor ya va de vuelta,
Pues el sol se está ocultando,
Va subiendo por la cuesta
Para guardar su rebaño.
Con su flautín va llamando
Una a una sus ovejas
Y les va comunicando
Sus goces y sus tristezas.
El flautín…
Del pastor…
Ay, ay, ay…
Canta así…
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The print edition can be purchased at Amazon or from any other book seller. If you want an autographed copy the price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each. Go here for purchasing details. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
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