Urro de la Trinidad

Flamenco, 1956

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Song From Malaga

This song, in dialogue form, was recorded in Malaga and features a male singer called ''Urro de la Trinidad, " accompanied by guitars, with dancing and the usual jaleo. The song deals with a theme that is widespread in the folklore of all the world: that of the hero who has been carried off to his grave, but who is ''really'' not dead, only sleeping. One gathers that the "Julio Romero" mentioned in the text was a bullfighter (the favorite type of hero in Spain). The dialogue in the song is between the little bridge of San Rafael and a young girl of Cordoba, who walks along the road with grief-stricken features and a black ribbon on her head, mourning the death of Julio Romero.
Won't you tell me, little bridge,
That is seen from San Rafael,
Tell me why, you little road,
They have taken him away forever?
Where now is Julio Romero?
Where is he -- for I don't knew?
Please tell me, little bridge
That is seen from San Rafael.

And the little bridge replies:

Maiden, maiden of Cordoba,
Take off your ribbon of black,
And don't walk along so sadly!
For Julio Romero lives,
He lives, and he is sleeping,
Do not cry, lest you awake him.
He is sleeping in his chamber
With his lovely companion.