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La Cucaracha
"La Cucaracha" ("The Cockroach") is a folk song whose refrain tells of a cockroach that has lost two of its legs and can no longer walk properly. Its origins are obscure and Spanish. Because the refrain names no event, it cannot be dated, but its verses were made up anew for each time and place and so can be roughly dated by the events they mention.
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- APA
- The Epoch Institute. (2026). La Cucaracha. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/la-cucaracha
- MLA
- “La Cucaracha.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/la-cucaracha. Accessed .
- Chicago
- The Epoch Institute. “La Cucaracha.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/la-cucaracha.
- Harvard
- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘La Cucaracha’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/la-cucaracha (Accessed: ).
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