Luna was a member of the
TGP
1952-55 and again in 1963. This print [below] is interesting because it uses the
corrido (story-song) form to tell about the bleak life of the farmworker,
driven from Mexico by high prices and unemployment (while the capitalist
feasts) to find a perhaps worse future in the United States. Along the
railroad tracks leading to the U.S. is a skeleton, pierced by the word
"carestia," which means shortage or scarcity. The inverted L format probably
indicates that this was the border for a poster, or perhaps the title page
of a book. The lyrics that wind around the scenes go:
Gently you are killing me
And putting an end to my youth
I would like to have been unfaithful to you
And pay you for your betrayal
You are like a little thorn
That has been driven through my heart
The lyrics suggest that the singer is addressing his words as much to Mexico as
to his lost lover.
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Farmworker: corrido woodcut
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Last update:
07 June 2007
