Jota Margariteña
Letra: Pedro Muñoz Farías

Yo te daré un ranchito lo que pueda
que Dios me de esa dicha, esa sola
eres mi mar, mi bruma, eres mi ola
que en tanta soledad a mi me queda

Yo te daré mi canto y mi alegría
mi fe, mi libertad y mi talento,
el gran amor que por ti siento
mi honestidad ¿Qué más, mi poesía?

Hello dear Hive Community, today I bring you a musical gift, this is the Venezuelan Traditional Music Genre Jota in minor of the Folklore of Margarita Island, Nueva Esparta State, my user @geronimamunoz, I hope you enjoy it.

Some time ago, my father was anxious to buy me a house, I was 22 years old, I told him at the time that he could rest assured that I was going to get that house by my own means. He was in very poor health at that time, we dedicated ourselves to write a book with his poems, after a while the lyrics of this song that I bring you today.

This lyric was written by my father in 1992, then shortly after he left this plane, leaving his poetry book, which I am setting to music, most of his songs were written in the form of couplets and tenths.

I decided to make it in the form of Jota in minor because of the feeling that it produces in me, between melancholy and sadness with that wake that I observe when the ship moves away from the dock. This genre is formed by a stanza of four verses of major art, is played in minor key, almost always of eleven or twelve syllables, also by the presence of the minor key and the Andalusian cadence, the Arabian presence is noted in its cadence with the influence marked in Spain and then intertwined with our aborigines on the shores of Margarita Island, unique in its kind.

The Jota, is one of the most important inheritances that we have in the Insular Coast, also can be executed Jota in Major, however this one is more cheerful and is formed in stanzas with octosyllabic verses. Generally, these songs were sung a capella and with time it was musicalized by José Elías "Chelías" Villarroel, José Ramón Villarroel (El Huracán del Caribe), Francisco "Chico-Toño" Mata, Lucienne Sanabria, Keyla Gutierrez, Ernesto Da'Silva, José Ágreda, Maximiliano Villarroel, José Ramón "Monguito" Villarroel, Luis Argenis Zabala Rodríguez, Jesús "Pollo" Bellorín, Alberto "Beto" Valderrama, among other distinguished musicians.

English lyrics

Jota Margariteña
Lyrics: Pedro Muñoz Farías

I'll give you a little ranch as long as I can
may God give me that happiness, that alone
you are my sea, you are my mist, you are my wave
that in so much loneliness is left to me

I will give you my song and my joy
my faith, my freedom and my talent,
the great love I feel for you
my honesty What else, my poetry?

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Vídeo editado por mi con equipo Iphone6
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Video editado por mi con ayuda de mi hija @odedgrant a través de Clipchamp

Banner made by me through Canva
Video edited by me with Iphone6 equipment
Images of separators taken from Hive Stock Images
Translator: www.DeepL.com
Video edited by me with the help of my daughter @odedgrant via Clipchamp