La Cucaracha

La Cucaracha ("The Cockroach") is a popular folk song about a cockroach who cannot walk. The song's origins are Spanish,^[1] but it became popular in the 1910s during the Mexican Revolution.^[2] The modern song has been adapted using the Mexican corrido genre.^[2] The song's melody is widely known^[2] and there are many alternative stanzas.^[2]

^ Alejandro Rapetti (30 January 2023). Las grandes canciones. El largo camino de la cucaracha, a pesar de que ya no puede caminar. "La cucaracha", se trata de una canción folklórica tradicional de origen español, posteriormente popularizada en México durante la Revolución
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries (14 November 2007). Spanish Word Histories and Mysteries: English Words That Come From Spanish. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-547-35021-9. The origin of La cucaracha is disputed, but it dates from at least the time of the Mexican Revolution

[LaNacion-1] Alejandro Rapetti (30 January 2023). Las grandes canciones. El largo camino de la cucaracha, a pesar de que ya no puede caminar. "La cucaracha", se trata de una canción folklórica tradicional de origen español, posteriormente popularizada en México durante la Revolución

[SpanishWordHistories-2] Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries (14 November 2007). Spanish Word Histories and Mysteries: English Words That Come From Spanish. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-547-35021-9. The origin of La cucaracha is disputed, but it dates from at least the time of the Mexican Revolution

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