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Decimas a Mi Tierra

from MANGO by Alex Alvear MUSIC

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I wrote this song as a tribute to my beloved birthplace, Ecuador. The song could identify with the sentiment of many immigrants who are far form their home and who cannot and will not forget where they came from. Decima is an ancestral style of singing which is popular in many places of Latin America, from Argentina to Mexico and the Caribbean. Decimas are a series 10-verse poems with each verse has 8 syllables and are written with a very strict rhyme pattern (a b b a a c c d d c). The intro quotes an age-old song called Vasija de Barro from Ecuador. Rhythmically there is a strong African influence inspired in Soukus and the music from Cape Verde and there's also a little Funky Cumbia in the instrumental interludes.

lyrics

DECIMAS A MI TIERRA (Spanish)

ECUADOR TIERRA QUERIDA
HOY QUISIERA YO CANTARTE
Y UNOS VERSOS DEDICARTE
TU RECUERDO ASI ME INSPIRA

LA DULCE MELANCOLIA
QUE LA AÑORANZA HA DEJADO
ENTERRADA EN MI COSTADO
A PESAR DE LA DISTANCIA
ES LA CUNA DE MI INFANCIA
UN AMOR NUNCA OLVIDADO

LOS TUMBOS QUE DA LA VIDA
A MI ME HAN LLEVADO LEJOS
DE MIS HIJOS DE MIS VIEJOS
Y DE MI GENTE QUERIDA

MI CORAZON NO SE OLVIDA
PUES VIVE SIEMPRE PRESENTE
AQUEL RECUERDO LATENTE
QUE INSPIRA ESTA MELODIA
VOY A CANTARLE ESTE DIA
A MI TIERRA Y A MI GENTE

DOTADO DE GRAN BELLEZA
MI PAIS ES UN TESORO
DESDE EL CARCHI HASTA EL ORO
YO LO AFIRMO CON CERTEZA

JUNTO A LA NATURALEZA
CONVIVE UN PUEBLO PUJANTE
HECHANDO SIEMPRE PA’LANTE
A PESAR DE LA INJUSTICIA
DEL ENGAÑO Y LA AVARICIA
DE CORRUPTOS Y FARSANTES

credits

from MANGO, track released January 26, 2011
Alex Alvear - Bass, Vocals
Rebecca Cline - Keyboards
Karina Colis - Timbal
Ernesto Diaz - Congas
Eric Doob - Drums
Gonzalo Grau - Minor Percussion, Bckgnd. Vocals & Keyboards
Manolo Mairena - Misc. Percussion
Felipe Salles - Tenor Sax
Jared Sims, Alto Sax

Produced by: Gonzalo Grau
Mixed by: Fernando Aponte

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