The Mexican Revolution and the United States in the Collections of the Library of Congress
“La Adelita” and the Emergence of the Revolutionary Adelita
“La Adelita”
En lo alto de la abrupta serranía
acampado se encontraba un regimiento
y una musa que valiente los seguía
locamente enamorada del sargento
Popular entre la tropa era Adelita
la mujer que el sargento idolatraba
y además de ser valiente era bonita
que hasta el mismo Coronel la respetaba
Y se oía, que decía, aquel que tanto la quería:
Y si Adelita quisiera ser mi novia
y si Adelita fuera mi mujer
le compraría un vestido de seda
para llevarla a bailar al cuartel.
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 un tren militar.
“La Adelita”
In the heights of a steep mountain range,
A regiment was camped
And a young woman bravely followed them,
Madly in love with the sergeant,
Popular among the troops was Adelita,
The woman that the sergeant loved,
And in addition to being brave, she was pretty,
So even the Colonel respected her.
And it was heard, that he who loved her said:
And if Adelita would like to be my girlfriend,
And if Adelita would be my wife,
I would buy her a dress of silk,
To take to the barrack’s dance.
And if Adelita were to leave with another man,
I would follow her by land and sea,
If by sea, in a war ship,
If by land, in a military train.
