Riu, Riu Chiu...

My choir, EVMCO, is gathering together again for a Christmas concert and it is going to be all about Bethlehem and the Savior's birth. We are going to be singing a new Spanish song I have never even heard of. The song is called Riu, Riu, Chiu and my group is going to be singing two verses of it. Here are the lyrics in the way we are doing it in the concert:

(First verse we are singing, third verse in the song)

Yovi mil garzones, que'andavan cantando,

Por aqui volando hacienda mil sones,

Diciendo a gascones gloria sea'en el cielo,

Y path en el suelo pues Jesus nasciera.

(Chorus)

Riu, Riu, Chiu, la guarda ribera,

Dios gaurdo el lobo, de nuestra cordera,

Riu, Riu, Chiu, la guarda ribera,

Dios guardo el lobo, de nuestra cordera.

(Second verse for us to sing, fifth verse in the song)

Pues que ya tenemos lo que deseamos,

Todos juntos vamos presents llevemos,

Todos la daremos nuestra voluntad,

Pues a se'gualar con el hombre viniera.

If you do not speak Spanish, you will have to plop somebody down in front of your computer to translate... I only speak beginner's Spanish. But one night, I asked my Spanish-speaking dad to come and make sure I knew all my Spanish for the concert, and as soon as I started singing, he shouted "WHO WROTE THIS?!?!" I told him, confused, that my directors had written it, and I asked him what was the matter. He exclaimed that all the spelling was wrong. He showed me the text, and pointed out the mistakes. I had giggled and told him, "I guess they don't know how write Spanish. HA!" I think it's too late to get tickets for the concert because they're ALL SOLD OUT!!!!!! My mom showed me one day, and I went absolutely, positively nuts. They were all sold out?? At the BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER??? I was totally shocked. So was my mom. This will be the first concert that my youngest brother brother will sing in, so we were very excited. I have got one other sister and this is her third concert. She is very excited and giddy for the big days to come as well. (We are doing two concerts, one on the second of December, and one on the third.). WE ARE ALL SO EXCITED!!!! MY WHOLE FAMILY IS EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!