Cri-Cri

Cri Cri (Cricket) was Francisco Gabilondo Soler a Mexican composer of children's songs. These songs are not considered PC by today's standards. My Abuellito introduced them to me when I was a little girl. My mother had grown up with them. Every few months we'd receive a flat, square package in the mail covered with stamps and tied with a string. These packages always made me so happy because I knew that inside would be a new  Cri-Cri record with a loving dedication inscribed by my Abuelito. My mother would always read them first as they were written in Spanish and then translate.

I loved Cri-Cri's voice and the music. Even as a tiny kid I could appreciate the sounds of these vintage recordings. Most were done in the 30's and reflect those times in every way.

My favorite song when I was 5 or so was actually El Raton Vaquero because I thought a song in Spanish with some English lyrics was so neat. Those lyrics were:
What the heck is this house
for a manly Cowboy Mouse?
Hello you! Let me out!
and don't catch me like a trout.