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La Múcura (the earthenware jar, es:múcura) is a traditional Colombian cumbia song.
The lyrics begin:
La múcura está en el suelo, mamá, no puedo con ella. Me la arrebató una estrella..It was composed by Crescencio Salcedo a flute player who also composed Se va el caimán and Mi cafetal, and has received many recorded versions. In 1948 by Los Trovadores de Barú for Fuentes, then in 1950 entering Mexican cinema in versions by Ninón Sevilla and Pérez Prado. Little Jug by Johnny Martin 1950 was an English-lyric version.
References
La Múcura Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA