La violetera (Will You Buy a Little Violet)
| Song Title | La violetera (Search) |
| Title in English | Will You Buy a Little Violet (Search) |
| Composer(s): | José Padilla |
| Author(s): | Eduardo Montesinos |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Beauty; Delivering; False Love; Fickle Love; Fleeting; Flowers; Gathering; Girls; Illusions; Kisses; Looks; Love; Lovely; Men; Metaphor: Love as Flowers; One Octave or Less; Orange Blossoms; Passing; Pleasant; Scents; Sellers; Smiles; Trusting; Violets |
| First Line | Soy la linda violetera (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1936 (Search) Circa |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=375111 |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Original Language | Spanish (Search) |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/5IiO8FgJAAwXPunN5VvsYV |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Medium voice |
| Range: | D4 - D5 (Search) |
| Original Key | G Major (Search) |
| Notes | Also set to an English text by Jerry Castillo (Search) |
| Other instrumentation and voice | guitar, ukulele, or Hawaiian guitar (Search) |
| Contributor | GTM (Search) |