Day is New, The (1942)

[Music] [Applause] [Music] be [Music] the day is new the dawn comes down into the valley of into the city of Mexico the streets freshen and are made young again like the face of a young girl the face of the city gets a scrubbing behind the ears and on the nape of the neck let the face shine with cleanness the day is new the new Day brings thoughts to the minds of the old ones and food to the mouths of children [Applause] these are the first things F make the people [Music] grow the shops open their eyes they raise their eyelids they're filled with oranges and bread and meat and now they await the morning housewife [Music] Now 60 churches open their hearts and take the faithful to their breasts again for the pure in heart and for the lofty in mind there is a cleansing of Souls face of my father face of my mother face of my children's Mother beist dominum nostrum now come the children on their way to [Music] school [Music] oh the streams of people pass along their way the cars push on the street unwinds ahead the buildings at our sides must drop behind here is Charles I 4th and here the churi gues cathedral here the National Palace and the government and here the hurry the feet hurry the Mind hurrying on the brink of anxiousness to the clock to the clock to the hurry to the clock to the office and the door and the desk and the time the errand which is here and the people who are there which are waiting for the feet and the hands and the face and the stores which are waiting for the shutters to rise and the mannequins are waiting for the millionaires the Petrified mannequins with time on their hands and dresses on their bodies dresses and Yard Goods [Music] and the market the place for all the people to come and buy and sell and roam around and go away and come back the sweets and the melon seeds and the fruit and the enchiladas and guacamole the clothes the rosos theiles and sarapes all of that and the live things the puppies right here for the kids and the lottery tickets for the grown-up kids the men and women who play the great game of the national lottery year in and year [Music] out [Music] foree [Music] [Music] foree Mexico is an old country which is new a poor country which is Rich a country with more freedom than it has ever [Music] known Mexico is a strong country with farms and mines and oil and Industry and a strong people to work Mexico was proud under Nai kokoma and monuma Mexico's proud today Mexico has work to do and is building for a new world to [Music] [Applause] [Music] come lunch for the factory workers [Music] lunch for [Music] you lunch in the noon paper extra extra and if you have time a stroll in alamea [Music] park a dream of your own In the Heat of the day and even if you haven't time it's still possible that this might happen at 5:00 there is tea in tea tea at sburns with crisp totopos or cocktail out in chaput [Music] park at 7:00 all work is finished the shops close down the offices close their doors the mine turns over the back straightens the feet turn in the direction of [Music] home the city's heart in the zoko pumps slowly [Music] now the sun too turns away from the city the bell ringer puts his brass bells to bed the shuttered after Twilight runs its course [Music] the night is here alls well my friend all's well in Mexico this night all's [Music] [Applause] [Music] well