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20 Aug 01 - 12:00 PM (#531820) Subject: Juan Tanamera (?) From: murray@mpce.mq.edu.au Pete Seeger used to sing/sings a song in Spanish called something like Juan Tanamera. It starts:
Yo soy un hombre de la tierra The lyrics were written by by a Cuban poet, Jose Marte(?) who was exiled in N.Y. It doesn't seem to be in the database. I would like the lyrics, but in particular I would like to know what he sings in the second line of the chorus right before he repeats "Juan Tanamera". Thanks, Murray |
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20 Aug 01 - 12:03 PM (#531821) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: GUEST,guest: tndarln at work It's Guantanamera, and it's in the DT, but I can't do the clicky thing yet. |
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20 Aug 01 - 12:03 PM (#531822) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: GUEST,Marymac at the boss's desk Try Guantanamera! (I can't believe I'm first to reply!!! |
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20 Aug 01 - 12:06 PM (#531828) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: Deda Guantanamera guajira Guantanamera Guantanamera guajira Guantanamera! Yo soy un hombre sincero de donde crece la palma Yo soy un hombre sincero de donde crece la palma Yantes de morir me quiero Echar mis versos del alma |
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20 Aug 01 - 12:17 PM (#531836) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: Jenny the T Juan Tanamera--isn't he the guy pictured on the coffee cans? |
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20 Aug 01 - 12:34 PM (#531854) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: iamjohnne I am so glad that someone besides me recoginized Guantanimera...... Johnne Goin' where the weather suits my clothes...... |
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20 Aug 01 - 12:43 PM (#531855) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: McGrath of Harlow Then there is that Mexican song about the chef that was one of Robin Hood's merry men - the Cooker Archer. |
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20 Aug 01 - 12:46 PM (#531858) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: Bill D Juan Tanamera used to be in a group with Cookie Archer...their lead singer was Lady Mondegreen |
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20 Aug 01 - 12:47 PM (#531861) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: Joe Offer Click for lyrics in Digital Tradition. Click for more complete lyrics in the Forum. The longer lyrics have been harvested for submission to the Digital Tradition. -Joe Offer- |
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20 Aug 01 - 01:23 PM (#531883) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: Armen Tanzerian One ton of fan mail I'm getting one ton of fan mail. Old Saturday Night Live bit on Julio Iglesias-type singers.
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20 Aug 01 - 01:40 PM (#531896) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Initial G with u in many Spanish words is pronounced Hua, rather hard, almost like the J in Juan; an easy mistake if you aren't familiar with the words. |
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20 Aug 01 - 01:46 PM (#531902) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: Fortunato And Mel Downs used to sing: "One ton tomato, I ate a one ton tomato, one ton tomaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaato, I ate a one ton tomaaato!" cheers fortunato |
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20 Aug 01 - 01:55 PM (#531907) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: SharonA Fortunato: I have heard several people sing "One Ton Tomato", but who is Mel Downs? |
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20 Aug 01 - 02:22 PM (#531936) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) See Lyr add: Guantanamera for origin and useful Cuban song site, which I have added. |
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20 Aug 01 - 04:39 PM (#532006) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: GUEST,radha@whtvcable.com Maybe it's the chinese gangster from Macao"Wonton Omera" |
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20 Aug 01 - 05:06 PM (#532021) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: TNDARLN On one of Mick Moloney's tours several years ago, one of the guides said something about there being only "One Connemara". Without missing a beat we all sang it, albeit in different keys. Fun moment. T |
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20 Aug 01 - 05:51 PM (#532045) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: Peter T. Wanton Omera - famous Cuban prostitute, used to hang out with Joaquin Behindyou, the famous Mexican bandido and Jose Canucee, the American anthem sprinter. yours, Peter T.
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20 Aug 01 - 07:40 PM (#532100) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Isn't this an Irish ballad about a woman of ill repute? Wanton O'Meara? |
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20 Aug 01 - 08:24 PM (#532123) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: murray@mpce.mq.edu.au Guantanemera! No wonder I couldn't find it in the DT! Thanks for the response. Thanks for the complete info Joe. Murray |
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04 Mar 02 - 03:11 PM (#662626) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: GUEST,marmitemonster@hotmail.com I was looking for the Mp3 - any ideas where i could find a downloadable version of Guantanemera? |
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04 Mar 02 - 04:05 PM (#662656) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: MMario if you put Guantanemera and mp3 into www.google.com you should get about 9 nits. |
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04 Mar 02 - 05:03 PM (#662703) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: Mark Cohen but you might do even better if you used the correct spelling: Guantanamera. It means "woman from Guantanamo", which might give the whole song a rather different interpretation these days... Aloha, Mark |
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04 Mar 02 - 05:04 PM (#662704) Subject: Guantanamera (!) From: SharonA Nits?! Ew! Baby lice! Why would anybody want nine of those?? *G* Also check out these threads on the Forum: Lyr Req: Looking for the history of Guantanamera Full lyrics and chords to Guantanamera Help: quantanamera (misspelled) Lyr Req: One-Ton Tomato (Guantanamera parody) Dicho says: "Initial G with u in many Spanish words is pronounced Hua, rather hard, almost like the J in Juan..." I'd been taught in school that the Spanish "gu" is pronounced like "gw" is in English but with a less hard "guh" sound... so I guess it's somewhere between a "gw" and a "hw". But "Juan" would have slightly more of an "hw" sound than "Guan-" would, again according to what I was taught. I'm sure the pronunciation varies somewhat with different dialects; even in the US, I'm sure the Latino population of the Philadelphia PA area, for instance, have a slightly different "accent" than Dicho would have heard in Texas. Also, I've been told that Cubans pronounce their "h" sound very hard, though I've never heard it personally. |
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04 Mar 02 - 05:04 PM (#662706) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: M.Ted "Guantanamerra" doesn't bring up a any hits, but "Guan" and "Guantan" do--Incidentally, there are several versions of the song, the original cuban melody, the pete seeger melody(the one most people recognize), and some salsified versions of the Seeger melody--as the young folks say, "It's all good--"-- |
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04 Mar 02 - 05:24 PM (#662720) Subject: Guantanamera (!) From: SharonA There again, spelling is everything (one "r"), so M.Ted brings up a good point about doing a search on part of a word if you find yourself coming up empty-handed searching for the whole word (while unknowingly misspelling it). It might be a good idea to do searches on different sections of such a word ("Guan", "antan", "mera") to find more hits... such as, for example, that Mudcat thread I linked to above that was spelled "quantanamera". . Note, too, that on Mudcat you can change the Subject line of your post to a thread. For this thread, I'm entering "Guantanamera" so that, in the future, others who do Forum Searches will find this thread. That's how I found the "quantanamera" thread: some kindly soul changed his Subject line to the correct spelling. |
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05 Mar 02 - 04:09 PM (#663248) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: Irish sergeant I had fun briefly when I was at Guantanamo. Of course I wasn't a Taliban detainee and the rum was really inexpensive... Neil |
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05 Mar 02 - 06:40 PM (#663317) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: GUEST,Alison "Wanton Omera - famous Cuban prostitute, used to hang out with Joaquin Behindyou, the famous Mexican bandido and Jose Canucee, the American anthem sprinter" - all good friends of Andy, the star of Waltzing Matilda ('Andy sang, Andy watched, Andy waited...). |
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05 Mar 02 - 06:47 PM (#663322) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: SharonA Actually, I think that the Spanish-phonetic spelling of the bandit's name was Joaquin Bijaña. :^) |
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06 Mar 02 - 01:54 AM (#663468) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: technission When I saw the request I nearly choked on my hwacamole, and now yo soy un hombre muy verde with envy over the delicious puns. Kudos to all for the genuine help and wonderful parodies! miguel con queso "When you hear a sneeze from the kitchen, cancel that order for nachos." - Rev. Billy C. Wirtz |
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06 Mar 02 - 05:28 AM (#663513) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: Escamillo Thanks to Sharon and all who contributed. As a Spanish-speaking person pretending to be a singer, I'll try to explain the pronunciation: The phonetics in English would be GOO AN TAH NAH MEH RAH but Cubans pronounce a very soft initial "G", so you may feel confident to say ONE TAH NAH MER RAH I do have a good MIDI and I can send it to anybody who may be interested. Somewhere in those threads I wrote the English phonetics for the lyrics. Un abrazo - Andrés (from Buenos Aires) |
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06 Mar 02 - 05:38 AM (#663516) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: Nigel Parsons For West Walians, the song describes a village in the Welsh valleys, close to the Pontardawe Folk Festival, Ystalyfera, I come from Ystalyfera, Close by Ystradgynlais, Just to the North of Pontardawe" |
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06 Mar 02 - 09:20 AM (#663607) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: GUEST,Adolfo Funny all those parodies. Is there a webpage with parodies of famous songs? For those really realy interested in Guantanamera, visit http://www.soncubano.com/temas/guantanamera.htm It's in Spanish (of course!) Andrés, un abrazo desde España, ojalá que todo se resuelva en tu hermoso país. |
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06 Mar 02 - 09:34 AM (#663616) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: Mrrzy Great mondegreen! |
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06 Mar 02 - 11:11 AM (#663671) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: SharonA By the way, the sprinter whom Alison mentioned competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the 1000-meter race, narrowly defeating the French competitor as he put on a burst of speed and pulled ahead in the last seconds of the race. The headlines in the American papers read: "José Canusí by Sedonne Sur le Leit". |
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06 Mar 02 - 02:15 PM (#663802) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: GUEST,Lynn Koch Alison - "Andy" is also God's first name. It says so right in the hymn: "Andy walks with me, Andy talks with me..." |
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07 Mar 02 - 01:10 AM (#664026) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: Escamillo Adolfo, thanks a lot for your wishes for Argentina, and thanks to all that people in Spain who are so generously and ingenuously gathering food and medicines for the poor people in Argentina, while our politicians and bankers enjoy an unseen life of luxuries. That's why this is going to explode. Sorry, this is more appropiate for the thread "Still alive in Argentina".. :) Un gran abrazo y nuestro permanente reconocimiento Andrés (in Buenos Aires) |
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16 Mar 04 - 04:04 PM (#1138490) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: GUEST,randy packham@sbcglobal.net once on a meadow, i say uh once on a meadow, oncccccce on a meaddddow, i say uh once on a meadow. |
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17 Mar 04 - 03:49 AM (#1138922) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: GUEST,BOAB Some of the more raucous Killie supporters used to gi'e voice to "Wan can o' lager, only wan can o' laaaager"...----- |
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17 Mar 04 - 11:15 AM (#1139161) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: open mike then there is that john prine song Happy Enchilada...and you think you're gonna drown ahhhh-yeeeeee |
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17 Mar 04 - 12:12 PM (#1139200) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: George Papavgeris You're all going down a blind path...Juan Tanamera is in fact a Greek song, written about a toyboy called Yiannis Chryssos ("Gold", named so after all the heavy gold chains he had round his neck). He was famous for his one-night stands (whole-night stands, more like), and for being up bright and early even after the exersions of a hard night at his trade. So the people on the street would greet him in the morning, saying "Yianni, KALImera" ("good morning John, you made it through another night then"). Eventually the song "Yianni kalimera" was written, made the charts and exported to Cuba, where some local wordsmith tried to translate it into Spanish ("yo soy un hombre sincero" - "I am a straightup guy"), but mishearing the second word transcribed it to TANAmera... There you have it. I'll get my coat... |
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17 Mar 04 - 12:25 PM (#1139212) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: Art Thieme Thought I'd mention: Guantanamo is where we are incarcerating so many in these sad days. Art Thieme |
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17 Mar 04 - 03:12 PM (#1139340) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: Peace Hoon and Huly. |
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17 Mar 04 - 11:02 PM (#1139670) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: GUEST,Billy Art Thieme, I thought about you when I was reading the Winnebago thread. Didn't you do a song about that? ("poor Fifi and Fufu??) |
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01 Nov 04 - 11:50 PM (#1313837) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: GUEST,Dis Guy Thanks to guest: tndarln at work whoever you are. I heard this song while dining at a Oaxacan Restaurant. Although not thoroughly impressed by the food, the band that was playing was very good and they sang this song, but I didn't know what it was called after all these years. Thank you |
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02 Nov 04 - 08:51 AM (#1314035) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: Wilfried Schaum During the last Soccer World Championship the German fans used this tune for a hymn to their national coach: Rudi Völler, Rudi Völler - es gibt nur ein'n Rudi Völler (Rudi Völler, Rudi Völler - there's only one Rudi Völler). |
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02 Nov 04 - 09:19 AM (#1314063) Subject: RE: Juan Tanamera (?) From: Snuffy England soccer fans have used it for many years, and at one time even subverted it when the England team had two players with the same name: Two Gary Stevens, there's only two Gary Stevens ... (Actually I think one was Stevens and the other Stephens) |
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18 Jun 07 - 08:23 AM (#2079828) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Juan Tanamera (Guantanamera) From: GUEST,Woman from Guantanamo A "Guantanamera" is a woman from Guantanamo -- as in the US Naval Base in Easternmost Cuba -- only long before the base, when Guantanamo was the name of the town on Guantanamo Bay. The song commemorates the versus of Cuba's premier poet and nationalist, Jose Marti, who died during the Spanish American war and who had a distinguished and well documented life. There are literally hundreds of versions of this song, but most prefer the Celia Cruz interpretations as being the very best. |
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18 Jun 07 - 08:49 AM (#2079849) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Juan Tanamera (Guantanamera) From: Dave Hanson Is she related to Vera ? eric |
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18 Jun 07 - 11:24 AM (#2079972) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Juan Tanamera (Guantanamera) From: McGrath of Harlow It's sad that a place with such a lovely name and with a song as hopeful and graceful as this will now forever be associated with such a shameful episode in American history. |
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18 Jun 07 - 11:31 AM (#2079983) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Juan Tanamera (Guantanamera) From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego I was skipping down the list of responses and almost despaired of hearing the correct one, until "Woman From Guantanamo" came along. She has it right. The poem, set to music, was from Jose Marti. He was considered a Cuban patriot and, some would say, the poet laureate of Cuba in his time. The song was almost an anthem. |
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18 Jun 07 - 01:02 PM (#2080084) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Juan Tanamera (Guantanamera) From: Artful Codger "Juan Tanamera" seems just begging for a song challenge/parody. Maybe he was a notorious coffee bean rustler... |
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18 Jun 07 - 01:08 PM (#2080090) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Juan Tanamera (Guantanamera) From: Q (Frank Staplin) The verses by Martí, the new words by Diaz, and the Celia Cruz versions are all given in thread 16967, along with some of the history of the song: Lyr. Add: Guantanamera This and other threads bearing on the song are linked at the top of the page. The link I give here is the most informative of the lot. Note- The verses by Martí did not mention the Guantanamo area. |
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18 Jun 07 - 01:43 PM (#2080113) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Juan Tanamera (Guantanamera) From: Midchuck I thought it was "One ton o' mierda." As you Brits say, I'll get me coat... Peter |