Over the years, the corrido has evolved, losing and gaining verses in longer and shorter versions as the demands of the public or market dictated, eventually, coming to us in the various forms we see today.Īngel Morales, voice and harp, and Juan Manuel Morales, violin, Zacatecas, Zac. Though the exact nature of Valentín's treachery continues to be a subject of debate, the dramatic potential of a lonely man of faith fighting in the mountains, betrayed by a woman, handed over to oppressive government forces and martyred has trumped the muddy reality of the real events. Roberto, mi amigo Muri en la Florida Su querida hija. Over time, as the lyrics were altered, the figure of Valentín morphed into a heroic and tragic figure, a martyred Cristero who did not betray his fellows, but rather was willing to die for his religion. Lyrics for Dos Preguntas de un Da by Pablo Milans. It is believed that the different versions of this corrido have come about as a result of the fact that the federal soldiers often sang parodies of it. Be that as it may, the agraristas decided that as a spy and informer he was an expendable traitor and was executed.īased on the original lyrics of this corrido, we are presented with a man who was a traitor and a coward. 77-78) The original lyrics of the corrido indicate that, out of fear, the prisoner answered their questions: "Valentín muy asustado / de todo les dio razón." But they also suggest that revenge for some transgression committed by a fellow Cristero was another motive for cooperating: "-Por una ofensa que tengo / de Ignacio Serrano / me quiero vengar."Īlthough Valentín answered many of their questions, for some reason he chose not to reveal the location of the curato, which was the secret chapel where forbidden Masses were said or the house of the clandestine priest by the name of Justo. It was at that time that the agraristas began to interrogate Valentín.
Later, a woman in a restaurant identified him as one of Quintanar's men. The captain then asked him to join his battallion, unaware that his old friend was affiliated with the Cristeros. One of the agrarista captains in Valparaíso, Epigemio Talamantes, recognized Valentín. He also directed his own small contingent of some fifteen Cristero soldiers, which was based at the hacienda Los Landa. Apparently Valentín served as a spy for the Cristero general Pedro Quintanar, in the area surrounding Huejuquilla, Jalisco. La question (pronounced la kstj French for 'The question') is the eleventh studio album by French singer-songwriter Françoise Hardy, released in October 1971 on Sonopresse.Like many of her previous records, it was originally released without a title and came to be referred to, later on, by the name of its most popular song.
Antonio Avitia has been able to piece together more details about the story. He was interrogated regarding the movements of the Cristero forces, and was later executed by the federal troops. Most scholars seem to agree that Valentín Avila Ramírez was a Cristero from Huejuquilla el Alto, Jalisco, who fell into the hands of the agraristas in the nearby region of Valparaíso, Zacatecas. Several versions of this corrido exist, many of which have distorted the original content of the song. Valentín de la Sierra is by far the best known of the corridos from the period.