I'd like to find out more about a Spanish song I'm fond of.  Lyrics
appear at
http://www.mexicolindo.org.mx/cancion_mexicana/tradicional/cancion_mixteca.htm

I'm wondering things like when it was written, who the author was
(beyond just his name), where it is sung these days, and where I might
find a recording or guitar chords.  Those are just some ideas; any
information about this song would be interesting to me.

My Spanish is pretty bad, so unfortunately web sites in Spanish will
not be helpful.  (No need to translate the song lyrics, though--I
already have.)

Hello,

The following travelogue explains the history of the song:
<http://www.timsparks.com/mexico.html>. The sheet music is available
at (http://www.timsparks.com/pdfs/cancion_mixteca.pdf) and chords at
(http://webs.demasiado.com/lavoz_mexico/page14.html).

The song appears on the album Zing Zang by the duo Ramsey & Vann
(http://www.fmp.com/netivaan/zingzang.html) and on the album Amar y
Vivir by the Trio Veracruz (http://www.trioveracruz.com/discos.htm).

Enjoy.

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Clarification of Answer by mwalcoff-ga on 13 Jul 2002 23:17 PDT

Search strategy:

"José López Alavés"
<://www.google.com/search?q=%22Jos%C3%A9+L%C3%B3pez+Alav%C3%A9s%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&start=20&sa=N>

Excellent answer containing all the info I could possibly want.  Sorry
it took so long to rate--I made the mistake of asking the question
right before a move across several states!