This composition belongs to Escobar’s collection of choral works entitled Cánticas Colombianas, which are inspired by the traditions and texts of the Colombian peasants, with whom he came in contact during his childhood in Villapinzón, the village where he was born. These songs are based on the poetic form of the ‘Copla, ’ which combines verses of eight and seven syllables, and uses slang words and expressions from popular sayings. These, in turn, are derived from the old Castillian language. The poems have grace and humor and are courtly love texts.