El emigrante (song)

El emigrante is a Spanish flamenco song, written by Juanito Valderrama in 1949. It is a ballad for the millions of displaced Spaniards who fled the country in the years after the Spanish Civil War, credited with raising national consciousness.[1] It has been performed by George Dalaras and Paco de Lucia.

References
  1. "Juanito Valderrama". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 1 August 2012.


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