> Means: To My Mother (Beautiful Girl from (the Cuban province of) Guantanamo). Fernández was a Cuban radioman with a daily spot on station CMQ. His thing was to sing the news. This melody was created in 1928, but he first recorded it in 1940 with his own orchestra. The guajira like the son is a sub-genre of the Cancion Cubana, mostly praising the farmer trade. Just like the son it moved to the city early in the 20th century.
c: Conjunto Cuba Libre (1948) as Guajira Guantanamera, Julián Orbón (1950s) see footnote, Machucambos (1961) idem, Hector Angulo (1962) coauthor, Pete Seeger (1963) as Guantanamera, Weavers (1963) idem, Joan Baez (1965) idem, Joe Dassin (1965) , Sandpipers (1966) n°4 NL (this version conquered the world), Trini Lopez (1966) , Dígno Garcia (1966) , Rob De Nijs (1966) as Anna Paulowna, Nana Mouskouri (1968) , Julio Iglesias (1968) mentioning the real authors and in '94 in medley with Oye Como Va, Incas (1968) , Arlo Guthrie (1975) , Lobos (1978) on debut lp, Estrellas De Areito (1979) , Robert Wyatt (1981) as Caimanera, Don Williams (1983) , Freddie McGregor (1985) , Frank & Mirella (1988) , Celia Cruz (1991) in film The Mambo Kings, Phil Manzanera (1991) , Wyclef Jean feat. Lauryn Hill (1997) , Omara Portuondo (1997) , Dynamite (2000) as Sex Met Die Blonde, Helmut Lotti (2000) , Vocal Sampling (2001) , Jackson Browne & Joan Baez (2001) , Cisco Kid (2002) as Seks Su Blondine; hit in Lituwania,
> Lyrics based upon the poem La Niña De Guatemala from the Versos Sencillos (Easy Verses) by Cuban 19th century poet José Martí. Classical singer Julián Orbón started mixing Marti's verses with the Guantanamera melody while his pupil Hector Angulo added a few lines from an old Havana song. Twenty years later that same Angulo sang Guajira Guantanamera for children during a summer camp in upstate New York. Their enthousiasm intrigued Pete Seeger, who happened to be there as well and the rest is folk history. One of the most covered songs ever.