The Puerto Rican Literature Project

Manuel Gómez Parra, son of don Cornelio Gómez Urbistondo and doña María Dolores Parra, was born in 1843. He was a carpenter and skilled craftsman. He wrote countless songs, among them the trovas “Ayer y Hoy,” “La Trinitaria,” and “La Lágrima.” He died in 1897.

Works Cited

Limón de Arce, José. Trovadores populares de Arecibo. 1887-1926, Colección de José Limón de Arce, Archivo General de Puerto Rico, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, PR.