Sylvia and Salvador: Music
Cu-cu-rru-cu-cu Paloma
(Sylvia and Salvador)
June, 2009
Tomás Méndez
In Spanish, "Cu-cu-rru-cu-cu," is the sound that doves make. In English, they just go "coo." But in Spanish, they're much more romantic, and they go "cu-cu-rru-cu-cu!"
This song tells the story of a little dove who dies of a broken heart when his love leaves their nest, never to return. His cries are so tearful and sad that even the heavens tremble when they hear his lament.