"Soul, Heart and Life"
Style: Waltz, bolero, various adaptions
Countries: Many

Listen:

Here is a classic song about a person very much in love. They sing about the three things they offer their lover: their soul to woe them, their heart to love them, and their life to spend with them. It is a sweet love song.

Versions: Trio Los Panchos (USA/ ( Read more... )

"When My Guitar Weeps"
Composer: Augusto Polo Campos
Style: Pasillo
Country: Peru
Listen: YouTube has renditions by Los Morochucos, Julio Jaramillo (my favorite), Tania Libertad, Eva Ayllon, Juan Diego Florez, and more.

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Translation:

Cansado de llamarte ( Read more... )

"Your Memory and Me"
Composer: José Alfredo Jiménez
Style: Ranchera, sad
Country: Mexico
Listen: José Alfredo Jiménez, Vicente Fernandez, Tania Libertad, Lupillo Rivera, Joe Posada. There's more renditions on YouTube. This song is a classic.

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Translation:

Estoy en el rincón de una cantina ( Read more... )

"God Knows"
Style: Bolero
Country: Mexico
Listen: Álvaro Carrillo; Los Panchos; Tania Libertad

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Translation:

Sabrá Dios, si tú me quieres o me engañas.
Como no adivino seguiré pensando
Que me quieres solamente a mí.God knows, if you love me or you deceive me ( Read more... )

"May God Not Want It"
Style: Romantic song lamenting a lover who is pulling away.
Composed by: Don Enrique Sanchez Alonso
Sung by: Tania Libertad, Ana Gabriel, Javier Solis, and many more.

Listen:This is a classic melancholy song. The narrator sings about how they think their lover has fallen out of love with them, and they hope to God that it isn ( Read more... )