Teri Saydak (Original, English)

Community activist and co-administrator of a Santa Ana-based non-profit, Teri reflects on different kinds of love, her travels to Guatemala, and on how collaborative music-making builds community. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND LINKS Concern America Website: https://concernamerica.org/ (https://concernamerica.org/)  The Beatles: Campbell, Colin. 2006. “’All You Need Is Love': From Romance to Romanticism: The Beatles, Romantic Love and Cultural Change”. Etnofoor 19(1): 111-123. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25758113 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/25758113) Son jarocho: Frenk, Margit. 2007. “Aproximaciones a los recursos poéticos de las coplas folclóricas mexicanas.” In La Copla en México. Published by El Colegio de Mexico. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvhn07z8.12 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvhn07z8.12)  Jiménez de Báez, Yvette, Ed. 1998. “Coplas Líricas de Veracruz” In Voces y Cantos de la Tradición: Textos Inéditos de la Fonoteca y Archivo de Tradiciones Populares. Published by El Colegio de Mexico. http://www.jstor.com/stable/j.ctv47w7wq.8 (http://www.jstor.com/stable/j.ctv47w7wq.8)  Verses sung by Los Utrera 1. Early in the morning I went to the garden of my fantasy and after visiting all the growing flowers there, I cut one flower for you, more beautiful than you can imagine. (So help me God, so help me God,) I go around bent over like someone who’s [rabbit] hunting, with one knee bent, but still walking. Ayy, if the hare eludes you You’ll be left staring! 2.  I salute the singers if they’ll give me permission, I salute the gentlemen, and everyone in general. And I salute the flowers [ladies] as I begin singing. I’ll see whether I stay or not. [They say we don’t love each other because they don’t see us talking]* I’d like to, but cannot talk to you with my eyes. 3. Still in the world exists s/he who captured my love S/he who clothes her/himself in pride. And that’s the reason that I always sing so sadly. Once I was your beloved, and you my adored one,