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René wrote the song as a tribute to the annual springtime return of the cliff swallows to Mission San Juan Capistrano in Southern California.A glassed-off room in the mission was later designated in René's honor, and displays the upright piano on which he composed the tune, the reception desk from his office, several copies of the song's sheet music and other pieces of furniture, all donated ...
The cliff swallow or American cliff swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) is a member of the passerine bird family Hirundinidae, the swallows and martins. [2] The generic name Petrochelidon is derived from the Ancient Greek petros meaning "stone" and khelidon (χελιδών) "swallow", and the specific name pyrrhonota comes from purrhos meaning "flame-coloured" and -notos "-backed".
Juan returns to his adobe house and observes the migration of the swallows who nested in his garden on a rose bush that appears near Mission San Juan Capistrano. They'll always come back to Mission San Juan Capistrano in the spring even though he gets to hear Julian sing the swallow song that the children also sang on Saint Joseph's Day. [2]
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
Born in Covington, Louisiana, he is best known for his hit song "When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano".The song, written as a tribute to the annual springtime return of the cliff swallows to Mission San Juan Capistrano in Southern California, spent several weeks at the top of Your Hit Parade charts during its initial release in 1940.
San Juan Capistrano (also known colloquially as San Juan or SJC) is a city in southern Orange County, California, United States. The population was 35,253 at the 2020 Census. Named for Saint John of Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano was founded by the Spanish in 1776, when Father Junípero Serra established Mission San Juan Capistrano.
White-tailed swallow: Hirundo megaensis: Oromia, Ethiopia. Pearl-breasted swallow: Hirundo dimidiata: southern Africa from Angola, southern Congo and Tanzania southwards. Pacific swallow: Hirundo javanica: southern Asia and the islands of the south Pacific. Tahiti swallow: Hirundo tahitica: islands of Moorea and Tahiti in French Polynesia: Hill ...
The cliff swallows of Mission San Juan Capistrano nest in Chino Hills. Thousands of the small birds, up from 'wintering' in Argentina , have built their mud nests in the eaves of the Vellano Country Club, a community situated around a golf course in the hills.