La Charreada Lyrics - Linda Ronstadt

written by Felipe Bermejo 

Ay... qué rechula es la fiesta 

La fiesta charra, fiesta del sol. 

Don... de los charros valientes 

Dan cos sus cantos la evocaión. 

El... jaripeo y su festejo 

Que huele a surco y a tradición 

Remedo de la faena 

Más admirada de mi nación 

Bonito es el jaripeo 

Y cuánto su animación 

Yo quiero montarle a un toro 

Pa' que me mire mi amor. 

Upale y upa liu 

upale y upa liu 

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A charreada is similar to a rodeo but 

has slightly different events more par- 

ticular to the style of the Charro, or 

gentleman cowboy. It is very colorful 

because the men always compete wearing 

their elegant Charro suits, the basis of 

the mariachi costume. The grand entry 

(el jaripeo) features the ladies riding 

their beautiful horses sidesaddle. It 

also includes the singing of the tra- 

ditional rancheras that I love so much. 

My sister Suzi used to say that the real 

test of a good singer was if he or she 

could support a tone on horseback, as 

she heard the singers do in the 

charreada. She even learned to ride her 

horse sidesaddle. If I can get her to 

teach me how to do it, maybe I'll be 

able to sing sidesaddle in a charreada 

one day - a cherished dream of mine. 

L.R. 

Photos 

The Charreada 

How very pretty is this fiesta 

The charro fiesta, fiesta in the sun 

Where the valiant charros 

Evoke such feeling with their songs 

The festive grand entry 

Smacks of tradition and the furrows 

of the earth 

It resembles the action of the bullfight 

So admired in my nation 

Pretty is the grand entry and how 

great its excitement 

I want to ride the bull 

So that my love can see me. 

upale y upa liu 

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