El amor de mi bohío

"El amor de mi bohío" (also known as "Mi guajirita") is a song composed, music and lyrics, in the 1930s, by the great Cuban composer Julio Brito (Julio Valdés-Brito Ibáñez), known as “El pintor melódico de Cuba” for having been one of the musical authors who most beautifully described the Cuban countryside in his songs.

Brito premiered "El amor de mi bohío" in 1937, at the famous Eden Concert cabaret in Havana, Cuba. This song is the maximum expression of the Cuban salon guajira, the most widespread of this genre, which would become one of Julio Brito's most famous creations, being performed by great voices throughout the following decades.

This guajira by Julio Brito inspired Juan Orol, a Mexican filmmaker, to write the script for his film El amor de mi bohío (1947). The song plays as the film's opening theme, as the credits roll.

"El amor de mi bohío" is also part of films such as El campeón ciclista (1956). You can hear Brito's song at approximately minute 00:57:29 of the film. The screenwriter uses "El amor de mi bohío" to identify the Cuban cycling team, which illustrates the extent to which Brito's creation is associated worldwide with the image of his native island.

Song recordings
Some artists who have recorded this guajira by Julio Brito include:


 * Pedro Vargas (RCA Victor - 1939)
 * Orquesta Riverside (RCA Victor - 1939)
 * Pepe Landeros (RCA Victor - 1940)
 * Kiko Mendive (RCA Victor - 1947)
 * Trío Matamoros (Martinez Vela - 1956)
 * Abelardo Barroso (Calle Mayor - 1957)
 * Xiomara Alfaro (RCA - 1959)
 * Guillermo Portabales (Gema Records - 1967)
 * Leo Marini (Mrva - 1969)
 * Senén Suarez y su Combo (Areito - 1971) / (EGREM under Exclusive License to Sony Music Entertainment España, S.L. - 2018)
 * Orquesta Sonora Santanera (Sony Music - 1972)
 * Oscar Chávez (Polydor Records - 1975)
 * Roberto Torres (SAR Records - 1979)
 * Olga Guillot (Musart-Balboa, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. - 1991)
 * Barbarito Diez con la Orquesta de Antonio María Romeu (Musart-Balboa, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. - 1996)
 * Daniel Santos (Star Music - 1996)
 * Fruko y sus Tesos (Discos Fuentes - 1996)
 * Omara Portuondo (EGREM under Exclusive License to Sony Music Entertainment España, S.L. - 1997)
 * Trío Servando Díaz (Craft Recordings., Distributed by Concord - 1999)
 * Carmela y Rafael (Musart-Balboa, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. - 2008)
 * Tito Gómez (Caribe Sound - 2013)
 * Jonah Jones (Circulo Musical - 2015)
 * Los Panchos (RHI under License to THAI Records - 2017)

Lyrics (Spanish)
Valle plateado de luna,

sendero de mis amores,

quiero ofrendarle a las flores

el canto de mi montuna.

Es mi vivir, una linda guajirita

la cosita más bonita, trigueña.

Es todo amor, lo que reina en mi bohío

donde a la quietud del río, se ensueña.

Al brotar la aurora sus lindos colores,

matiza de encanto mi nido de amores.

Y al despertar, a mi linda guajirita

dejo un beso en su boquita, que adoro.

De nuevo el sol, me recuerda que ya el día

en su plena lozanía, reclama.

Luego se ve, a lo lejos el bohío

y una manita blanca, que me dice adiós.

- Orquesta -

Al brotar la aurora sus lindos colores,

matiza de encanto mi nido de amores.

Y al despertar, a mi linda guajirita

dejo un beso en su boquita, que adoro.

De nuevo el sol, me recuerda que ya el día

en su plena lozanía, reclama.

Luego se ve, a lo lejos el bohío

y una manita blanca, que me dice adiós.