Eres alta y delgada
Eres alta y delgada
(You are tall and lean)
A wonderful song from Spain we sang many times with Servas friends.
This is a Spanish song about a young girl who is tall and slender like her tan, dark haired, ‘salty’ mother. It is praising the girl by telling her, “Blessed is the tree this branch has come from. She is like the rose of Alexandria, colorful by night, white by day.”
This song is present in the repertoire of the songs of the Spanish Civil War and -with other musical rhythm- in childhood song collections.
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canci%C3%B3n_monta%C3%B1esa
https://www.march.es/musica/jovenes/poesia-en-musica/musica-populares.asp
https://andresstagnaro.bandcamp.com/album/canciones-de-la-guerra-civil-espa-ola
Rolando Alarcon
Estela Uriarte
1. Eres alta y delgada como tu madre,
morena, salada, como tu madre.
Bendita sea la rama que al tronco sale,
morena, salada, que al tronco sale.
Refrain:
Toda la noche estoy estoy,
niña pensando en ti,
pensando en ti.
Yo de amores me muero desde que te vi,
morena, salada, desde que te vi.
2.
Eres como la nieve, morena mia,
morena, salada, morena mia.
No lo digo por blanca, sino por fria,
morena, salada, sino por fria.
Refrain:
3.
Eres como la rosa de Alejandria,
morena, salada, de Alejandria,
Colorada de noche blanca de dia,
morena, salada, blanca de dia.
Refrain:
Musical store / spartito (clic the file):
1. You are tall and slender like your mother,
brunette, salacious, like your mother.
Blessed be the branch that emerges from the trunk,
brunette, salacious, protruding from the trunk.
Refrain:
I stay all night,
girl, thinking of you
I think about you.
I've been dying of love since I saw you,
brunette, salacious, ever since I saw you.
2.
You are like snow, my brunette,
brunette, salacious, my brunette.
I don't say it because it's white, but because it's cold,
brunette, salacious, but cold.
Refrain:
3.
You are like the rose of Alexandria,
brunette, salacious, Alexandria,
Red in the night, white in the day,
brunette, salacious, white by day.
Refrain:
1. Sei alta e snella come tua madre,
brunetta, salace, come tua madre.
Benedetto il ramo che furiesce dal tronco,
brunetta, salace, che fuoriesce dal tronco.
Ritornello:
Tutta la notte sto,
ragazza, pensando a te,
Ti penso.
Sto morendo d'amore da quando ti ho visto,
brunetta, salace, da quando ti ho visto.
2.
Sei come la neve, mia brunetta,
bruna, salace, la mia brunetta.
Non lo dico perché è bianca, ma perché fredda,
brunetta, salace, ma fredda.
Ritornello:
3.
Sei come la rosa di Alessandria,
brunetta, salace, di Alessandria,
Rossa di notte bianca di giorno,
brunetta, salace, bianca di giorno.
Ritornello: