Lyrics on Labor

Music in Latin America is present in daily life. The so-called 'protest song' that appeared at the end of the 60’-s, associated with the left-wing movement, was very rich in its stories and representations about labour and workers.

We have chosen some examples and we hope that you will enjoy them.

This song portrays the miners’ life, full of despair and disillusion.  The song includes a verse in quechua, an important indigenous language. ...

This song speaks about the children that help the workers or peones to move livestock.  The lyrics underline, with local words, the work of a...

In 1962, Mercedes Sosa, from Tucumán, recorded her first album called “The voice of the Sugar Harvest”, including this song, the woman of the...

The lyrics of the song about black Manuel Antonio reveals a deep analysis of the black worker who became a foreman accepting the authority and...

This song portrays the work system of indebtedness to the landlords in the period prior to the Mexican Revolution.

The lyrics correspond to...

This song portrays the daily life of a poor housewife.  It talks about her activities from when she opens her eyes until she closes them: the same...

Work, I would like to work, is a song about the lack of paid Work, a frequent reality in Latin America where labour is not scarce and where low...