Version from Frances Toor's book, Mexican Folkways (1947). (Fom Concha Michel, a singer and activist known for her research into the culture of indigenous communities.) If you compare it with the ones by Chavela Vargas--or Lila Downs and many contemporary singers--you'll see that it's different--and reflects more of Oaxacan folk tradition without embellishment. When you listen to Eugenia León you'll hear this--not in her voice, which shows classical training--but in her phrasing and choice of lyrics. In that sense, she's taking La Llorona back to its origins. However, her formalized version comes to us through Mexican composer Manuel Ponce (early part of 20th century) who took many of the traditional songs and put them into standard arrangements--La Llorona being one of them. Ponce's versions have come to stand for "tradition." Yolanda Moreno Rivas discusses this in her Historia de la musica popular mexicana.
* Eugenia León le canta a Chavela Vargas "La Llorona". - YouTube
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Compare this to a version by some school children in Oaxaca today:
* Canción La Llorona - -Celestin Freinet Oaxaca - YouTube
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It's from a YouTube search using terms La Llorona y Oaxaca. See the part above, beginning at 2:10ff. Also, follow a little farther, and there's a young girl dancing in the background... * Canción La Llorona - -Celestin Freinet Oaxaca - YouTube
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El grupo mexicano, Son y Raíz, grabado (on tour) en Lima:
* La llorona RAIZ Y SON en vivo 2015 Canción día de muertos - YouTube
y más versos de letra tradicional:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Llorona_%28song%29
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