Folk Songs of Mexico

Alfonso Cruz Jimenez FW08727

"Mr. Cruz is totally blind. He got married in the spring of 1957, and his wife, Lucila, sometimes sings with him. He sings in the various sidewalk cafés of Oaxaca and is occasionally hired by a family to help celebrate some happy occasion. He is known affectionately in the community as Alfonsito or Pancho..."

Vivien Richman


"El señor Cruz es totalmente ciego; contrajo matrimonio en la primavera de 1957 y su esposa Lucila a veces canta con él. Cruz suele cantar en varios cafés situados en los paseos de Oaxaca y ocasionalmente es contratado por familias para celebrar alguna feliz ocasión. Dentro de la comunidad se le conoce afectuosamente como Alfonsito o Pancho..."

Vivien Richman


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Country(s) Mexico
Keyword(s) World music
Instrument(s) Guitar
Year of Release 1958
Record Label Folkways Records
Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits Artist Alfonso Cruz ; Design by Ronald Clyne

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Play	101	Cariñito Azucarado	Alfonso Cruz Jimenez	2:39
Play	102	Merecumbe	Alfonso Cruz Jimenez	2:54
Play	103	Tehuantepec	Alfonso Cruz Jimenez	3:45
Play	104	La Zandunga	Alfonso Cruz Jimenez	4:00
Play	105	Suriana	Alfonso Cruz Jimenez	3:09
Play	106	Cucurucucu, Paloma	Alfonso Cruz Jimenez	4:18
Play	107	La Molienda y la Culebra	Alfonso Cruz Jimenez	2:48
Play	108	Cachito	Alfonso Cruz Jimenez	3:00
Play	201	El Yerbero	Alfonso Cruz Jimenez	3:00
Play	202	Babalu	Alfonso Cruz Jimenez	3:56
Play	203	Rogociano, el Guapangero	Alfonso Cruz Jimenez	4:00
Play	204	Echame a mi la Culpa	Alfonso Cruz Jimenez	3:33
Play	205	La Falta un Clavo a mi Cruz	Alfonso Cruz Jimenez	3:11
Play	206	Deja que Salga la Luna	Alfonso Cruz Jimenez	3:53
Play	207	La Tortolita	Alfonso Cruz Jimenez	2:08
Play	208	Ya tu Veras	Alfonso Cruz Jimenez	2:33