In Venezuela, the song and music of traditional-popular bonuses have been combined in a particular way to become a very important manifestation in this holiday season. The Aguinaldos Venezuelans acquired their own nature towards the end of the first half of the 19th century and the great majority of them, of Spanish origin, but of ancient tradition in our town, received notable changes to become popular songs and Aguinaldos, which clearly reflect the idiosyncrasies musical of the Venezuelan people. This is the case of the song that we are going to reference today in this musical field, "Cute Boy".
"Cute Boy" is a Spanish carol whose author is unknown. Over the years it has become one of the most emblematic Aguinaldos of Venezuelan music. This popular Aguinaldo refers to the theme of the "divine" and was harmonized and arranged by maestro Sojo, being recorded, for the first time, by the Orfeón "José Ángel Lamas" in one of his performances "live" between the years of 1956 and 1957 at the Ateneo de Valencia, Edo Carabobo, under the musical direction of maestro Sojo, where Soprano Carmen Liendo performed as soloist. The musical edition of this recording was made, in 1979, by the Latin American Institute of Music Studies Vicente Emilio Sojo (ILVES) under the musical supervision of the Orpheón Publishing Label. This musical work belonged to the personal file of Mr. Antonio J. González and is currently part of the archives of the Vicente Emilio Sojo Foundation.
Here we are given the opportunity in this magical universe of the excellence of sounds, a pulsating recreation of fresh vitality. In this way, we listen to the Orfeón Lamas in a brilliant performance under the baton of maestro Sojo that touches us the most intimate fiber of our being; it is the same yesterday cast in our molds.
Finally, life has in music and, above all, in singing the most noble, glorious, unsurpassable and exquisite celebration. And, in this opportunity, the song of today is a necessary gift in these times in which it becomes necessary to consolidate our immense cultural memory and in this way contribute to the consolidation of the profile of our Venezuelan identity.
Estelio Padilla
Song title: Cute child
Author: traditional Spanish - Venezuelan
Harmonization and arrangements: Vicente Emilio Sojo
Genre: Strenna to the divine
Soloist: Carmen Liendo (Soprano)
Evencio Castellanos: (Pianist)
Cuatro: Antonio Lauro
Pandero: Inocente Carreño
Maracas: Julio Liendo
Charrasca: Manuel Piccinni
Director: Vicente Emilio Sojo
CUTE BOY
Chorus
Cute child before you I give up
Cute child you are my God
Cute child before you I give up
Cute child you are my God (bis)
I
That your beauty
That your candor
The soul steals me
The soul steals me
It steals my love (bis)
Chorus
Cute child before you I give up
Cute child you are my God
Cute child before you I give up
Cute child you are my God (bis)
II
With your beautiful eyes
Jesus look at me
And only with that
And only with that
I will console (bis)
Chorus
Cute child before you I give up
Cute child you are my God
Cute child before you I give up
Cute child you are my God (bis)
III
Life well mine
The soul too
I offer you gladly
I offer you gladly
Rendered at your feet (bis)
Chorus
Cute child before you I give up
Cute child you are my God
Cute child before you I give up
Cute child you are my God (bis)
IV
Goodbye, tender infant
Goodbye child goodbye
Goodbye sweet lover
Goodbye child goodbye (bis)
Chorus
Cute child before you I give up
Cute child you are my God
Cute child before you I give up
Cute child you are my God (bis)
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