From the recording Francisco y L@s NIñ@s
Una poesía antigua que aprendimos de mi madre. En la primaria en Mexico durante los años treinta un grupo de maestr@s del estado de Colima llegaron a los ranchos de Baja California Norte y aparte de cantar el Internacional, les enseñaban en forma de poesía. La formación social y relgigiosa también se hacía en forma de poesía. Esta es una poesía de ésa época.
A poem my mother taught us. In elementary school in Mexico during the 1930's a group of teachers from the State of Colima came to Baja California Norte and established rural public schools. Along with teaching the children to sing the "internationale" they also did much of their teaching through poetry. Much of social and religious formation was also done through poetry. This is a poem from those times
Lyrics
Pajarito, pajarito
que cantas en tu nidito
con tan melodiosa voz,
¿a quién cantas pajarito?
y el ave responde:
"A Dios"