José Pedro Infante Cruz, better known as Pedro Infante, is perhaps the most… Read Full Bio ↴José Pedro Infante Cruz, better known as Pedro Infante, is perhaps the most famous actor and singer of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema and idol of the Mexican people, together with Jorge Negrete or singers like Javier Solís. He was born on November 18, 1917 at Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico. He was raised as a child in Guamúchil. He died on April 15, 1957 at Mérida, Yucatán, during a flight that he piloted himself to Mexico City.

Starting in 1939 he appeared in more than 60 films, and since 1943 he recorded about 350 songs. Thanks to his performance in the movie "Tizoc", he was awarded the Silver Bear of the Berlin International Film Festival for Best Actor and the Golden Globe at Hollywood, for the Best Actor in a Leading Role, awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association at Hollywood.

El Muchacho
Pedro Infante Lyrics

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Yo soy el muchacho alegre
Que me amanezco tomando
Con mi botella de vino
Y mi baraja jugando.

Si quieres saber quien soy
Preguntenselo a cupido
Yo soy el muchacho alegre

Del cielo favorecido.

Con una baraja nueva
Los quisiera ver jugar
A ver si conmigo pierden
Hasta el modito de andar.

Eres como la sandia
Tienes lo verde por fuera
Si quieres que otro te goce
Pídele a dios que me muera.

Si quieres saber quien soy
Preguntenselo a cupido
Yo soy el muchacho alegre
Del cielo favorecido.

Ya con esta me despido
A orillas de un campo verde

Aquí se acaban cantando
Versos del muchacho alegre.

Overall Meaning

Pedro Infante's song "El Muchacho" is a playful and upbeat tune sung from the perspective of a carefree young man who spends his days drinking wine and playing cards. He introduces himself in the first verse as the "muchacho alegre" or happy young man, who starts his day by drinking wine and playing cards using his botella de vino y mi baraja. The lyrics suggest that he is a talented card player who rarely loses, and he enjoys beating his opponents so thoroughly that they lose their balance or modito de andar.

In the second verse, he challenges anyone to try and beat him, confident in his skills with his nueva baraja (new deck). He also flirts with a woman, telling her she is like a watermelon with her green exterior, and he warns her that if she wants to be with someone else, she should pray for his death.

The song ends with the happy young man singing his goodbye by a green countryside (orillas de un campo verde), declaring that these are the verses of the muchacho alegre (versos del muchacho alegre), and bringing to an end his playful and lively tune.

Line by Line Meaning

Yo soy el muchacho alegre
I am the happy lad

Que me amanezco tomando
Who wakes up drinking

Con mi botella de vino
With my wine bottle

Y mi baraja jugando.
And playing cards.

Si quieres saber quien soy
If you want to know who I am

Preguntenselo a cupido
Ask Cupid

Del cielo favorecido.
Favored by heaven.

Con una baraja nueva
With a new deck of cards

Los quisiera ver jugar
I'd like to see them play

A ver si conmigo pierden
To see if they lose against me

Hasta el modito de andar.
Even their way of walking.