La Llorona Lyrics

Lyric discussion by RioValleyGal 

Cover art for La Llorona lyrics by Lila Downs

Tapa me con tu reboso llorona Cover me with your "shawl"...llorona because I'll die of the cold (weather)

This song is very long with many verses. It is alomst 300 years old and was once a camp style song. It to me is about a black man who is in love with a Mexican woman...the pain of unrequited love. This is a heartbroken man singing about a beautiful woman he cannot have. Not the legendary Llorona who drowned her children in the rio. At least thats what I think and feel.