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SATB choir, marimba or keyboard (SATB choir) SKU: AN.AMP-0255 Composed by Michael D. Mendoza. Octavo. Alliance Music Publications #AMP 0255. Published by Alliance Music Publications (AN.AMP-0255). Mendoza.AMPARITOText: Jose Salinas<table “75%”="cellspacing=10" width>Hoy Amparito en tu brillante auroraDios te ofrece cual hija que prefiereEl amor de una madre que te adoraY el carino de un padre que te quiere. Today, Amparito, at your radiant dawning,God offers to that daughter whom He favorsThe love of a mother who adores youAnd the devotion of a father who loves you.In the Latin American countries of the Caribbean, there is a tradition of celebrating a girl's coming of age. Often a girl would receive an autograph album in which members of her family and special friends would write small remembrances, frequently in the form of verse. Amparo Salinas Mendoza( 1884-1968) was sixteen years old when this was written to her by her father, my great-grandfather, in the year 1900. Other passages in the album refer to Cuba, the land of her birth, and Key West, Florida, where she spent most of her life.a like a in English father, e.g., Amparito, cual, amor.e when stressed, like a in English pay, e.g., te, ofrece, prefiere. when unstressed, like e in English bet, e.g., el, en.i like i in English machine or In the Latin American countries of the Caribbean, there is a tradition of celebrating a girl's coming of age. Often a girl would receive an autograph album in which members of her family and special friends would write small remembrances, frequently in the form of verse. Amparo Salinas Mendoza( 1884-1968) was sixteen years old when this was written to her by her father, my great-grandfather, in the year 1900. Other passages in the album refer to Cuba, the land of her birth, and Key West, Florida, where she spent most of her life.a like a in English father, e.g., Amparito, cual, amor.e when stressed, like a in English pay, e.g., te, ofrece, prefiere. when unstressed, like e in English bet, e.g., el, en.i like i in English machine or