VocalEssence Singers Of This Age, Josh Carlson, percussion

Mexican villancio

Sung in Spanish
The Virgin Mary combs her precious hair
as she gives thanks for her baby.
Even she cannot understand why
God chose her to be a mother.
CHORUS:
But fishes in the river, they are so delighted.
The fishes in the river, to see the birth of God.
See how they swim and swim and swim some more.
The fishes in the river, to see the Savior born.
The Virgin Mary washes swaddling clothes
and hangs them on the rose bush
While birds of the air sing in praise
and the roses begin blooming.
— Mexican villancico, translated by Gerhard Erichsen