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SKU: AN.AMP-0255
Composed by Michael D. Mendoza. Octavo. Alliance Music Publications #AMP 0255. Published by Alliance Music Publications (AN.AMP-0255).Mendoza.
| Hoy Amparito en tu brillante aurora Dios te ofrece cual hija que prefiere El amor de una madre que te adora Y el carino de un padre que te quiere. | Today, Amparito, at your radiant dawning, God offers to that daughter whom He favors The love of a mother who adores you And the devotion of a father who loves you. |
In the Latin American countries of the Caribbean, there is a tradition of celebrating a girl's coming of age. Often a girl would receive an autograph album in which members of her family and special friends would write small remembrances, frequently in the form of verse. Amparo Salinas Mendoza( 1884-1968) was sixteen years old when this was written to her by her father, my great-grandfather, in the year 1900. Other passages in the album refer to Cuba, the land of her birth, and Key West, Florida, where she spent most of her life.
a like a in English father, e.g., Amparito, cual, amor.
e when stressed, like a in English pay, e.g., te, ofrece, prefiere.
when unstressed, like e in English bet, e.g., el, en.
i like i in English machine or
In the Latin American countries of the Caribbean, there is a tradition of celebrating a girl's coming of age. Often a girl would receive an autograph album in which members of her family and special friends would write small remembrances, frequently in the form of verse. Amparo Salinas Mendoza( 1884-1968) was sixteen years old when this was written to her by her father, my great-grandfather, in the year 1900. Other passages in the album refer to Cuba, the land of her birth, and Key West, Florida, where she spent most of her life.
a like a in English father, e.g., Amparito, cual, amor.
e when stressed, like a in English pay, e.g., te, ofrece, prefiere.
when unstressed, like e in English bet, e.g., el, en.
i like i in English machine or