Lyrics - Spanish

(Mexican folk song)

En lo alto de una bruta serranía
Acampado se encontraba un regimiento
Y una moza que valiente lo seguía
Locamente enamorada del sargento

Popular entre la tropa era Adelita
La mujer que el sargento idolatraba
Por que a mas de ser valiente era bonita
Y hasta el mismo coronel la respetaba

Y se oía…
Que decía…
Aquel que tanto la quería…

Y si Adelita se fuera con otro
La seguiría por tierra y por mar
Si por mar en un buque de guerra
Si por tierra en tren militar

Y si Adelita quisiera ser mi esposa
Y si Adelita fuera mi mujer
Le compraría un vestido de seda
Para llevarla a bailar al cuartel

English Translation - Adelina

At the top of a gross mountains
a regiment was encamped
And one brave girl who followed him
Sergeant Lovesick

Popular among the troops was Adelita
The woman that the sergeant idolized
That besides being brave she was pretty
And even the Colonel respected her

And you could hear…
What he would say…
The one who loved her so much…

And if Adelita had gone with another
I would follow by land and by sea
If by sea, on a warship
If by land, on a military train

If Adelita wanted to be my wife
Adelita out that if my woman
I would buy a silk dress
To take her dancing to the barracks

See also

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  • PDF of song with chords
  • MIDI file
  • Listen to the melody

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1 thought on “La Adelita”

  1. This was played beautifully. As I was named Adelita by my grandmother but never heard the song sung so beautifully.

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