Before The Next Teardrop Falls

FREDDY FENDER WAS BORN AT SAN BENITO, TEXAS ON 6-4-1937. KING OF TEX-MEX MUSIC.

SOME OF HIS RECORDINGS:

BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS

WASTED DAYS & WASTED NIGHTS

ONCE I HAD A SECRET LOVE

ROSES ARE RED, MY LOVE

SINCE I MET YOU BABY

HE STARRED IN SEVERAL FILMS, INCLUDING "THE MILAGRO BEANFIELD WAR" THAT WAS FILMED NEAR SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO-1987.

ENTERTAINED U.S. PRESIDENTS

JIMMY CARTER

GEORGE BUSH

BILL CLINTON

GEORGE W. BUSH

FREDDY FENDER DIED JUST A FEW MONTHS AFTER HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG CANCER. HE WAS 69 YEARS-OLD.

OCTOBER 14, 2006

I MET FREDDY FENDER! HE PERFORMED AT SKY CITY CASINO NEAR GRANTS SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

HE WAS HOLDING MY HAND WHEN HE ASKED MY NAME. I ALMOST FORGOT MY NAME! HE ASKED WHAT MY FAVORITE SONG WAS, AND I TOLD

HIM "BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS."

A SHORT TIME LATER, HE WAS BACK ON STAGE.

HE SAID, "FOR MI DEE LA ROSA, IS THIS SONG."

THEN HE SANG "BEFORE THE NEXT TEAR DROP FALLS." I WAS SO TWITTER-PATED, THAT I

FELT FAINT. I NEARLY STOPPED BREATHING

WHEN HE SANG THE SONG AGAIN IN SPANISH!

I KNEW HOW THOSE TEENY-BOPPERS FELT BACK

IN THE "ELVIS AND BEATLES DAYS."

BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS

WAS COMPOSED BY BEN PETERSIN 1975.

If he brings you happiness,

Then I wish you all the best.

It's your happiness that matters most of all.

But if he ever breaks your heart,

If the teardrops ever start,

I'll be there before the next teardrop falls.

Si te quire de verdad.

Y te da felicidad,

Te deseo lo mas bueno pa'los dos.

Pero si te hace llorar,

A mime puedes hablar,

Y estare' contigo cuando trieste estas.

I'll be there anytime,

You need me by your side,

To drive away every teardrop that you cried.

And if he ever leaves you blue,

Just remember, I love you.

And I'll be there before the next teardrop falls,

And I'll be there before the next teardrop falls.

A PERSONAL TIDBIT

I WORKED AT THE CIBOLA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN THE 1990S. UNDERSHERIFF FRANK MAREZ TOLD ME MY NAME WAS DEELAROSA IN SPANISH. I WAS LIVID! HE BOUGHT A LICENSE PLATE FOR THE FRONT OF MY CAR THAT READ "DEE."

AFTER MY "TWITTER-PATING" ENCOUNTER WITH FREDDY FENDER, I GAVE UP. I WAS "DEE", NOT DOROTHY.

MY WEBSITE?

A FLOWER SHOP HERE IN GRANTS WAS CALLED POTPOURRI OF FLOWERS-A FINE BLEND OF BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS.

THUS... DEE'S POTPOURRI OF WEBS. MY FIRST WEB PAGE WAS BUILT ON THE 27TH OF MARCH, 1998. SO, YOU KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY!