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In Mexico, they sing "Las Posadas".
Panchito Pistoles


Las Posadas is a traditional song sung during the Christmas season in Mexico, Latin America, and Spanish-speaking regions in the United States, which is frequently sung each year between December 16 to December 24. In Disney media, it is heard in the segment of the same name from the 1944 animated film, The Three Caballeros.

Background

The song is heard during the Las Posadas segment where Panchito tells Donald that in Mexico, people do not sing "Jingle Bells" during the Christmas season but rather "Las Posadas". The score plays in a solemn, soft melody with soft vocals as the segment features children forming a procession carrying images of the Virgin Mary and Joseph re-enacting their journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem to which most of the shelters the two encounter didn't allow the two to stay until entering a room with a friendly person allowing the two to enter. The solemn score loops into a happy melody where it features the children celebrating with breaking a piñata after Mary and Joseph finally found shelter.

In the original English version of the film, the song is heard instrumental with Panchito narrating the segment while in the Spanish version, a vocal version sung by an offscreen choir is heard throughout the segment, making Panchito's narration short.

Lyrics

Chorus: En nombre del cielo, os pido, "Posada",
pues no puede andar...
mi esposa amada

Aquí no es mesón, sigan adelante,
Yo no puedo abrir, no sea algún tunante

Venimos rendidos desde Nazaret.
Yo, el carpintero, de nombre José

Entren santos peregrinos, peregrinos, reciban este rincón,
Aunque es pobre la morada
Sí, le doy mi corazón

Chorus: Pray give us lodging, dear sir, in the name of heaven
All day since morning to travel we've given
Mary, my wife, is expecting a child
She must have shelter tonight - let us in, let us in!

You cannot stop here, I won’t make my house an inn
I do not trust you, your story is thin
You two might rob me and then run away
Find somewhere else you can stay; go away, go away

Please show us pity, your heart cannot be so hard
Look at poor Mary, so worn and so tired
We are most poor, but I'll pay what I can
God will reward you, good man - let us in, let us in!

Enter, enter, holy pilgrims, holy pilgrims
Welcome to this humble home
Though 'tis little I can offer,
All I have please call your own

Trivia

  • In the European Spanish version of the VHS, Walt Disney's Favourite Christmas Stories, the song is replaced by Panchito narrating the segment, just like in the original English version.

External links


v - e - d
Disney Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros Logos
Media
Saludos Amigos (video/soundtrack) • The Three Caballeros (video/soundtrack) • Walt Disney anthology seriesHouse of MouseMickey and the Roadster RacersSouth of the Border with DisneyWalt & El GrupoLegend of the Three Caballeros

Books: The Penguin That Hated the Cold

Disney Parks
Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three CaballerosIt's a Small WorldMickey Mouse Revue

Entertainment: Let's Party Gras!Max LIVE: Gettin’ Goofy With It
Restaurants: Mickey & Pals Market Café
Parades: Tokyo Disneyland Electrical Parade: DreamLightsDisney Adventure Friends CavalcadeDisney's Party ExpressMickey's Soundsational Parade
Fireworks: HarmoniousMickey's Mix Magic!Wonderful World of AnimationWondrous Journeys
Spring: Fashionable Easter
Summer: Soryo Kobu
Halloween: Goofy's Skeletoons Street Party
Christmas: Mickey's Most Merriest CelebrationWorld of Color: Season of LightThe Viva Navidad Street Party

Characters
Saludos Amigos: Donald DuckLlamaPedroMama PlanePapa PlaneAconcaguaGoofyJosé Carioca
The Three Caballeros: Panchito PistolesPabloPenguinsAracuan BirdBurritoFlying GauchitoYayaToy Bull

Members of the Saludos Amigos Artist Tour: Walt DisneyFrank ThomasLee BlairMary BlairNorman Ferguson
Legend of the Three Caballeros: XandraDaisy DuckApril, May, and JuneBaron Von SheldgooseLord Felldrake SheldgooseLeopold the HorribleBaroness Von SheldgooseHumphrey the BearEugenia Ferdinand-FerdinandClinton CootPeteDonald's KettleLarry the MinotaurAstro MummiesMoon BotsJupiter, Venus, and MarsTermitesApolloMoai CommanderLava LizardsMoaiKing VomitGoblinsBaydoodiorSpike the BeeDapper DuckGeorge WashingtonAbraham LincolnThomas JeffersonTeddy RooseveltMonoHanzyClementinePriestessGods of Life and DeathKarasu TenguSheldgoose's AncestorsKing ArthurLancelot, Galahad, Kay, and BorsMerlinTyroneGaryYeti StaffMr. SpiritBlazebeak

Objects
Caballeros' AmuletsFelldrake's Staff Felldrake's RingSpark of LifeMagic MirrorsXandra's AtlasMystic BarrierWorld FruitXandra's Bow
Episodes
Legend of the Three Caballeros
"Dope-a Cabana" • "Labyrinth and Repeat" • "Pyramid-Life Crisis" • "World Tree Caballeros" • "No Man Is an Easter Island" • "Stonehenge Your Bets" • "Mount Rushmore (or Less)" • "Nazca Racing" • "Mexico à Go-Go" • "Mt. Fuji Whiz" • "Thanks a Camelot" • "Shangri-La-Di-Da" • "Sheldgoose Square Dance"
Songs
Saludos Amigos: Saludos AmigosLa Blanca PalomaEscravos de Jó Aquarela do BrasilTico-Tico no Fubá
The Three Caballeros: BaíaHave You Been to Baía?Pandeiro & FluteOs Quindins de YayáThe Three CaballerosLas PosadasMexicoJarabe PateñoLilongoYou Belong to My HeartLa ZandungaJesusita en Chihuahua
Legend of the Three Caballeros: Moai VacationGoblin JailDraw the LineShangri-La-Di-Da
Others: We Are The Three CaballerosMy Name is PanchitoPagode na Disney
Locations
South AmericaBrazilMexicoArgentinaChilePeruUruguay
Deleted Concepts
Pluto and the ArmadilloThe Laughing GauchitoCaxangaCuban CarnivalThe Hornero BirdBlame It on the SambaMiguelito Maracas
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