History:

Agustín Lira: This song was written by a couple from East Los Angeles .  The woman’s name was Sylvia Parral; I can’t remember her husband’s name.  It was 1969.  We had four theatrical groups come to Del Rey to practice together:  there were two groups from East LA, another group from Mexico , and the Teatro Campesino.  We were trying to get together with other teatros and learn from each other.  We eventually formed a group that went all over the Southwest.  So Brown Eyed Children of the Sun was this woman and her husband’s contribution to our material—they wrote the words and the music.