‘Wealthy Wetback’ finds his voice

“NINE years ago, Mexican “norteo” supergroup Los Tigres del Norte recorded “El Mojado Acaudalado” (The Wealthy Wetback), a bouncy mestizo polka about a Mexican immigrant who found prosperity in the United States but ached for his home. The song’s protagonist bids adios to the places where he sweated out most of his adult life ”” the “fields of Arizona,” “factories of New York,” and jobs and points in between ”” and returns to his beloved Mexico.

“I’m not going to forget the United States,” Tigres lead singer Jorge Hernandez sang, his voice heavy with the melancholy of millions. “I wanted good cash and I came to earn it. But in my beloved land, I’m thinking of spending it.”"

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