Corrido de Dolores Huerta
By Carmen Moreno (Pan-American Records Pa-101), 1976
This corrido praises the contributions of Dolores Huerta to the United Farm Workers movement. The song praises Huerta’s abilities as an organizer and advocate for workers’ rights, and celebrates her efforts in leading the negotiations for the farmworkers’ new contract.
She began to see the injustice
That the worker had suffered
Without representation
That a Union would provide
Spanish
En Dawson, Nuevo México
El díez de abril
Nació Dolores Huerta
Nadie se lo imaginaba
Que ella iría encabezar
Parte del gran movimiento
En Stockton, California
Donde ella se crió
Empezó a ver la injusticia
Que el campesino ha sufrido
Sin la representación
Que una unión les daría
Me acuerdo que allá en Delano
El sesenta y dos
Se asoció con Cesar Chávez
Y entre él y la Dolores
Formularon una unión
Que llegó a cambiar las leyes
Su sentir de mujer
Dirigió por buen camino
Del mejor por venir
Al humilde campesino
Su sentir de mujer
Le prestó a la unión la fuerza
Te has ganado la flor
De la paz, Dolores Huerta
Después que organizaron
La gente en la unión
Imponieron una huelga
Para hablar de los contratos
También para negociar
Apuntaron a la Huerta
César Chávez les decía
“Vamos a ganar
Esta huelga sin violencia
La revolución social
Hay que ganarla con la paz
Derramar sangre no es ciencia”
Y un día en Arizona
La gente decía
“¡Ay Dolores, no se puede!”
La Dolores les contesta
“Este será nuestro grito
¡Sí se puede! ¡Si se puede!”
Su sentir de mujer
Dirigió por buen camino
Del mejor por venir
Al humilde campesino
Su sentir de mujer
Le prestó a la unión la fuerza
Te has ganado la flor
De la paz, Dolores Huerta
Te has ganado la flor
De la paz, Dolores Huerta
English
In Dawson, New Mexico
On the tenth of April
Dolores Huerta was born
No one imagined
That she would lead
Part of the grand movement
In Stockton, California
Where she grew up
She began to see the injustices
That the campesino had suffered
Without the representation
That a union would give them
I remember back in Delano
In Sixty-two
Partnered with Cesar Chavez
And between him and Dolores
They formed a Union
That helped change the laws
Her feeling as a woman
led us on the right path
Of the best yet to come
To the humble campesino
Her womans intuition
Lent strength to the union
You have earned the flower
Of peace, Dolores Huerta
After they organized
The people in the union
They called a strike
To talk about contracts
and to negotiate
They appointed Huerta
Cesar Chavez told them
“We will win
This strike without violence
This social revolution
We have to win it with peace
Spilling blood is not science”
And one day in Arizona
People said
“Oh Dolores, we can’t do it!”
Dolores answers them
“This will be our cry
Yes, we can! Yes, we can!”
Her feeling as a woman
Led us on the right path
Of the best yet to come
To the humble campesino
Her woman’s intuition
Lent strength to the union
You have earned the flower
Of peace, Dolores Huerta
