Lyr Req: se me fue mi amor a la guerra

Subject: Lyr req: Se Me Fue Mi Amor a la Guerra
From: Joe Offer
Date: 04 Aug 99 - 05:29 AM

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-Joe Offer-

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Posted By: GUEST,nivag13
23-Sep-04 - 12:36 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Se me fue a la guerra
Subject: Lyr Req: Se me fue a la guerra


i am trying to find this song for my father in law. he says it is from WW2. i have the first part but i havent had luck with the rest. if anyone knows this and the melody it would be a great help.
we aren't too sure about the title.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Se me fue a la guerra
From: Sorcha
Date: 23 Sep 04 - 01:41 PM

Can you post everything that you have? Where did your father hear it? What branch of whose service was he in? Stationed where?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Se me fue a la guerra
From: Peace
Date: 23 Sep 04 - 03:39 PM

207.5.16.128/polymedios/network/cantolirico/biografias/baritonos/sagivela.htm

Try a google of

Se fue a la guerra

I don't know if this will help. My Spanish is very poor--mostly just enough to recognize that the language IS Spanish. I will do some digging and get back if I find anything. Maybe a WWI song? Mecico?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Se me fue a la guerra
From: GUEST
Date: 23 Sep 04 - 03:47 PM

Scaramella va alla guerra?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Se me fue a la guerra
From: GUEST,ClaireBear
Date: 23 Sep 04 - 03:52 PM

This is a long shot, but many of the words you've quoted -- though not all of them together, as you've placed them -- appear in the Mexican song "Adelita." Any possibility that's it?

Claire

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Se me fue a la guerra
From: GUEST
Date: 23 Sep 04 - 06:38 PM

WW1 could be it as well... perhaps another war... any ideas?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Se me fue a la guerra
From: GUEST,nivag13
Date: 23 Sep 04 - 06:46 PM

the title may be Se me fue mi amor or possibly se me fue mi encanto.... my pa in law says he heard it as a child... early 1940's... he lived in Kingsville,Texas he said his mother would sing this song with the radio. Not trying to be biased but this is definetly a song derived from Mexico. thank you ever so much for your help....

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Se me fue a la guerra
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 23 Sep 04 - 09:28 PM

"Se Mi Fué Mi Amor" is a well-known Tejano song, written by Laura Cantu. There is a clip on the internet sung by Carmen y Laura. (click) The time frame is about right. Arhoolie cd/C343 Tejano Roots is one. Covered by Flaco Jimenez and others.

Se ----encanto, I don't believe is correct Spanish, but it may be dialect.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Se me fue a la guerra
From: Peace
Date: 23 Sep 04 - 10:37 PM

encanto means charm

en canto means in song

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Se me fue a la guerra
From: Joe Offer
Date: 24 Sep 04 - 02:52 AM

There's a clip of the Flaco Jimenez recording of "Se Me Fue Mi Amor" here (click). This (click) may be closer, though - a mention of Carmen y Laura singing "Se me fue mi amor a la guerra" ("My Love Went Away to the War") - which may be the same song as "Se me fue mi amor."

Laura Hernandez Cantu 2 3
Genres: Tejano
Based in: Alice, TX
Instrument: vocals
Birthplace: Kingsville Birthdate: 5/25/1926 Deathdate: 8/29/2004
Laura Hernandez Cantu and her sister Carmen Marroquin were reknown as some of the first female artists to record in the tejano music industry, releasing their first single "Se Me Fue Mi Amor" in 1944 for the Four Star record label. In the mid-1950's many tejano artists were claiming to be the first to include English songs in their reportoire, but in fact it was Carmen y Laura who set the pace in the late 40's with their recording of "Who's Sorry Now." The duet were also among the first Tejana singers to include blues, swing and boleros in their performances. Carmen y Laura have been honored and recognized by the Tejano Conjunto Hall of Fame in San Antonio, the Tejano Roots Hall of Fame in Alice, the Texas Music Museum Hall of Fame in Austin, and the Smithsonian Institution's Folkways Recordings.
Source: Texas Governor's Office

-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Se me fue a la guerra
From: Joe Offer
Date: 24 Sep 04 - 12:44 PM

Alexis, Can you post the lyrics for us?
Thanks.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Se me fue a la guerra
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 24 Sep 04 - 04:27 PM

Alexis, I echo Joe. I searched all over the net for the Laura Cantu lyrics.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Se me fue a la guerra
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Sep 04 - 08:20 PM

i found a recording of the song. im still searching for the lyrics. as soon as i find them i'll post it right away. if i find the tabs i'll post those too.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Se me fue a la guerra
From: GUEST,alexmar
Date: 26 Sep 04 - 11:25 PM

i am having no luck. has anyone found anything? eveywhere i search the Kumbia Kings -Se fue mi amor(not at all what i'm looking for) comes up. does anyone have suggestions? none of the links allow for tabs or lyrics. this is so frustrating!!

Subject: Lyr Req: se me fue mi amor a la guerra
From:
Date: 27 Sep 04 - 01:27 PM

i began my last thread with the wrong title. Does any one have the lyrics and tabs to this song. it was originally sung by Carmen y Laura in the 1940's and it was later released by Flaco Jimenez. Most times it is titled only Se me fue mi amor. any help would be greatly appriciated. thanx

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: se me fue mi amor a la guerra
From: GUEST,nivag13
Date: 27 Sep 04 - 11:50 PM

so i guess no one had any luck... hey joe, how did this thread get turned around? thank you for your help....
                                    alexis

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: se me fue mi amor a la guerra
From: Maryrrf
Date: 28 Sep 04 - 05:17 PM

There is a well known Mexican Mariachi song that goes:

Balaju se fue a la guerra
Y no me quiso llevar
Y no me quiso llevar
Balaju se vue a la guerra

There are several more verses and it is usually sung very fast. Could this be it?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: se me fue mi amor a la guerra
From: GUEST
Date: 30 Sep 04 - 10:48 PM

nope not it. it is sung at a medium pace, i dont have the lyrics on hand. but that sounds like a good song.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: se me fue mi amor a la guerra
From: Peace
Date: 30 Sep 04 - 10:53 PM

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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: se me fue mi amor a la guerra
From: Peace
Date: 30 Sep 04 - 10:54 PM

Get the words to the first 30 seconds and we may be able to chase it from there. My sound thingy doesn't get it for me, so I am hooped.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: se me fue mi amor a la guerra
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 04 Oct 04 - 08:03 AM

According to allmusic, SE ME FUE MI AMOR was written by Felipe Valdés Leal. It has also been recorded by Los Alegres de Terán, Los Broncos de Reynosa, Las Jilguerillas, and Flaco Jimenez.

There is a 29-second sound clip of Carmen y Laura's recording on this page: Tejano Roots: The Women (Arhoolie) (or click to play).

There is a 51-second sound clip on this page: A University of Texas article about the same album (or click to play).

Subject: ADD: SE ME FUE MI AMOR
From: Joe Offer
Date: 10 Oct 04 - 12:50 PM

I found it on the Arhoolie CD, Tejano Roots: The Women. It has full lyrics and translations in the CD booklet.
-Joe Offer-

SE ME FUE MI AMOR

Se me tue mi amor
y no se ni adonde.
Se me fue a la guerra
sin decirme: "Vuelvo."

Se me fue mi amor,
se me fue mi encanto,
y no se hasta cuándo
volvere yo a verlo.

Quisiera su sombra ser,
su suerte correrla yo,
seguir su camino y el mismo destino
que tenga que tenerlo yo.

Quisiera por él volar,
hacia adonde está mi bien,
volar por las ayes, cruzar esos mares,
Ilegar a morir con él.

Se me fue mi amor,
pero no es por siempre,
porque se que vuelve otra vez a mi.

Yo le pido a Dios,
si no vuelvo a verlo,
que me dé la muerte,
que es mejor morir.

MY LOVE HAS GONE

My love has gone,
and I don't even know where.
He left to go to war
without telling me "I'll return."

My love has gone
and with him my illusion,
and I don't know when
I'll ever see him again.

I wish I were his shadow,
and have his fortune be mine,
to follow his path
and to share the same destiny.

I wish I could fly for him,
to where ever he may be,
fly like the birds across the sea,
to die along with him.

My love has gone, but not for ever,
for I know that one day
he shall return to me.

If I don't see him again,
I ask God
to grant me death,
for death would be a better fate.

Recorded late in 1945 by Carmen y Laura. In the space for the songwriter's name is (DAR) I don't know what that means.

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The original recordings on the Ideal label were produced by Armando Marriquin in Alice, Texas (1946-1958) and by Paco Bettancourt in San Benito, Texas (1958-1970). The Ideal masters were purchased by Arhoolie in 1990.
This is one heckuva wonderful CD - the whole series looks great.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: se me fue mi amor a la guerra
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 10 Oct 04 - 01:53 PM

Thanks, Joe. A great American song.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: se me fue mi amor a la guerra
From: GUEST,nivag13
Date: 19 Oct 04 - 02:45 PM

thank you so much!!! this is going to make my father n law soo happy!!! joe you are wonderful. this is great!   
                                 alexis

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: se me fue mi amor a la guerra
From: GUEST,Alvaro Castillo
Date: 12 Apr 08 - 12:19 PM

Mambru se fue a la guerra es mucho mas antigua que la segunda guerra mundial, trata sobre John Churchill, primer duque de Marlborough, y sus constantes idas a la guerra para contener los avances belicos de Luis XIV, originalmente es una cancion francessa.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: se me fue mi amor a la guerra
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 12:04 PM

Marlbrough s'en va-t-en guerre

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: se me fue mi amor a la guerra
From: Monique
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 02:00 PM

Or this one but I don't think it's the right song.