Word: cucarachas
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...altogether), and appearing just long enough to knock off a few songs, send his horse Champion and the up-and-coming Little Champion through their paces, and introduce a bunch of Pueblo, Indian dancers from New Mexico. Champion, a handsome animal, dances to the Army Air Corps song, "La Cucaracha," and "The Blue Danube" and bounds through a couple of hoops; Little Champion also makes with the hoops and walks along a narrow plank suspended a foot off the ground...
Twenty years ago Chávez had rounded up musicians from Mexico City dance halls, movie theaters and churches to form Mexico's first symphony orchestra, made the classics almost as well known as La Cucaracha. Following his lead, four more orchestras started up in the provinces. Chávez' troubles began when his friend President Miguel Alemán asked him to help set up an Institute of Fine Arts to direct Mexico's music, art and theater...
...cucaracha, la cucaracha...
Would "the big cockroach" be la cucaracha grande? If it would, it'd be a dandy name for some of the hotels I've stayed in in my time...
From Mexico City gossips came the report that a flashy blonde who had left a trail of orange rinds and broken hearts in the cocktail bars at the Ritz and La Cucaracha had flown suddenly to Rio de Janeiro. She had tried to charter a special plane (so she must have been in a hurry). She had taken along handbags crammed with $200,000 in U.S. currency and at least $50,000 worth of jewels (so she must have connections). She had an Italian name and she had wanted to be in Rio in time for January's conference...