Víctor Jara (album)

Víctor Jara is an album released by Víctor Jara in 1967, it was subsequently released under the name of Desde longuén hasta siempre with a variation of different covers.

Víctor Jara
Studio album by Víctor Jara
Released	1967
Recorded	1967
Genre	Folk music Protest music
Length	41:13
Label	Odeon Alerce Warner
Producer	Víctor Jara
Víctor Jara chronology
Canciones folklóricas de América (1967) Víctor Jara (1967) Pongo en tus manos abiertas (1969)

The album includes the controversial song, "El aparecido" (The Ghost), which was written about Che Guevara's death months before the Argentinian revolutionary was actually killed. The song says: "The crows with golden claws have put a price on his head / how the fury of the rich has crucified him."

Track listing

1. "El aparecido" (The ghost) (Víctor Jara)
2. "El lazo" (The lasso) (Víctor Jara)
3. "Qué alegres son las obreras" (How happy are the Women Workers) (Bolivian folk)
4. "Despedimiento del angelito" (Farewell to the Little Angel) (Chilean folk)
5. "Solo" (Alone) (Eduardo Carrasco)
6. "En algún lugar del puerto" (Some place in the port)(Víctor Jara)
7. "Así como hoy matan negros" (Thus they kill blacks today) (Pablo Neruda - Sergio Ortega)
8. "El amor es un camino que de repente aparece" (Love is a road that suddenly appears) (Víctor Jara)
9. "Casi, casi" (Almost, almost) (Chilean folk)
10. "Canción de cuna para un niño vago" (Lullaby for a deserted child) (Víctor Jara)
11. "Romance del enamorado y la muerte" (Song of the Lover and of Death) (Text: Anonymous - Víctor Jara)
12. "Ay mi palomita" (Ah, my little dove) (Chilean folk)