Talk:La Adelita

Adelita
"La Adelita" seems to be derived from a much older folk song. See this version collected from a broadside in Laredo, Texas, c. 1912. (Ben D. Wood, "A Mexican Border Ballad," pp. 55-57, Publications of the Folk-Lore Society of Texas, Stith Thompson (ed.) No. 1, 1916):

ADELITA.

Canción.

Dedicada a los que salen a campaña.

1.
 * Adelita se llama mi novia 
 * Que la quíero y no la puedo olvidar 
 * En el mundo yo tengo una rosa 
 * Con el tiempo la voy a cortar. 

2.
 * Yo a Adelita la quise y la quiero 
 * Y tal vez no la pueda olvidar, 
 * Pero si ella me fuere traicionera 
 * Ni un recuerdo le quiero yo guardar.

3.
 * La conocí cortando frescas rosas 
 * Que las guardaba en su mandil morado 
 * Y para mí escogió la mas hermosa, 
 * De las que había en el pecho guardado. 

4.
 * Si Adelita quisiera ser mi esposa 
 * Si con ella me fuera yo a casar, 
 * Le comprara un vestido de seda 
 * Para ir al portal a pasear.

5.
 * Adelita por Dios te lo ruego 
 * Calmes el fuego de esta mi pasión, 
 * Porque te amo y te quiero rendtdo 
 * For tí sufre mi fiel corazón. 

6.
 * Si mi Adelita se fuera con otro 
 * Le seguiría la huella sin cesar, 
 * Por vapores y buques de guerra 
 * Por la tierra en tren militar.

7.
 * Toca el clarín de campana a la guerra 
 * Saiga el valiente guerrero a pelear, 
 * Correrán los arroyos de sangre 
 * Que gobierne ese Huerta, jamás. 

8.
 * Y si acaso yo muero en campaña 
 * O en la sierra mi cuerpo va quedar, 
 * Adelita por Dios te lo ruego 
 * Con tus ojos me irás a llorar. 

9.
 * Ya no llores querida Adelita 
 * Ya no llores ingrata mujer, 
 * No te muestres ingrata conmigo 
 * Ya no me hagas tanto padecer.

10.
 * Ya me despido de mi querida Adela 
 * Ya me despido de mi único placer, 
 * Nunca esperes de mí una cautela 
 * Ni que te cambie por otra mujer. 

11.
 * Cual soldado mi patria me llama 
 * A los campos que vaya a pelear, 
 * Adelita, Adelita, de mi almo, 
 * No me vayas por Dios a olvidar. 

12.
 * En las noches andando en campaña 
 * Oigo el clarín que nos toca a reunión, 
 * Yo repito en el fondo de mi alma 
 * Adelita es mi único amor. 

13.
 * Si supieras que ha muerto tu amante 
 * Rezaras por mf una oración, 
 * Por el hombre que supo adorarte 
 * Con el elma, vida y corazón. 

14.
 * Ya me despido de mi querida Adela 
 * De tí un recuerdo quisiera llevar, 
 * Tu retrato gravado en mi pecho 
 * Para nunca tu amor olvidar.

15.
 * Conque, quédate Adelita querida 
 * Yo me voy a la guerra a pelear, 
 * La esperanza no llevo perdida 
 * De volverte otra vez a estrechar. 

16.
 * Adelita es joven y es bella 
 * Y al irme la dejo con dolor, 
 * Porque ha sido ella quién yo más adoro 
 * Porque ella ha sldo mi primer amor. 

Insufficient information about the song itself
This entry is not only incomplete but badly structured, with the most essential data missing and/or dispersed in a disorderly fashion. the first paragraph should contain the following data: who composed it (if known), and to which year it can be traced, with the appropriate references. Other types of data are of secondary importance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.176.179.91 (talk) 20:03, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

The section on feminism
It's too opinionated. It really doesn't belong in wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Falldj (talk • contribs) 21:17, 11 October 2014 (UTC) This section has nothing to do the subject of the article. That it makes up the bulk of the text makes the article incomprehensible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.66.236.6 (talk) 15:04, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

I agree, off topic. Madeleine Albright has little to do with Mexican culture. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.193.88.57 (talk) 08:45, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

"La Adelita" was stolen
"La Adelita" was stolen ... by Isaak Osipovich Dunayevsky, who wrote the songs for one of the best known soviet comedies (circus 1936 film) (Russian: tsirk) Wrong. Marsh of Jolly Fellows from a 1934 musical film 'Jolly Fellows' (Russian: Vesyolye rebyata), also translated as Happy-Go-Lucky Guys, Moscow Laughs.77.50.30.241 (talk) 22:40, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Modern Latin America
— Assignment last updated by Katherine.Holt (talk) 16:41, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Planned Wikipedia Edits
In the next couple weeks I will be making edits and updating this Wikipedia article. I plan to replace the song used in the article with an original version from one of my sources. I will give context about the people behind the “La Adelita” song that this article needs to include. I will write an in-depth background on who soldereas were, their roles in the Mexican Revolution, and how this impacted Mexican society. The song's historical background is essential to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of Latin American topics. These women were overlooked during and after the war, and it is time that their story is made accessible. The picture used in the article is also a drawing so I will add my primary source photo of soldereas to provide the reader with a real-life image of who these women were. Sbruce210 (talk) 17:29, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

WP:COATRACK
Much of the article's material needs to merge into Soldaderas. article is supposed to be about the song, not be a history lesson on soldaderas in the Mexican Revolution. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  00:38, 5 May 2023 (UTC)