Despedida de los artesanos que marchan a Veracruz.
| Format: | Book |
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| Language: | Spanish |
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[Mexico City?] :
Imprenta de la calle de San Felipe de Jesus junto al número 16,
[approximately 1836?]
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Chapman Texas Collection copy is part of the Floyd & Louise Chapman Texas & Borderlands Collection. Caption title. "Popular composition about the Texas war, with contemoprary annotations."--From vendor's description. Poem or song in decima form: One stanza of four lines, followed by four stanzas of ten lines each, with eight syllables per line. Stanzas are separated by lines of vignettes. "The broadside reads [in translation]: “Goodbye Mexican city, Goodbye relatives and brothers, your comrades are leaving to fight the Texans. Mexico dear goodbye, Goodbye homeland of my life, it's time for my departure I'm going stay to God: a happy commandment From overnight makes us want to go out to go die or win When will I see you again? Goodbye Mexican city. Obligation calls us to fulfill our duty suffering doesn't matter being for the nation we carry the resolution to beat Americans like good Mexicans we don't mind dying; and then it is by force goodbye friends and brothers …. Since the nation demands this service from us we order them with the trial, and above all the union: do not believe so many rascals who intend to destroy us and in favor of Republicans they try to divide us who are not men that go to fight with the Texans.”--From vendor's description. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 sheet ; 22 cm |