1. : a small, strolling, Mexican band consisting usually of trumpeters, guitarists, and violinists. also : a musician belonging to such a band. often used before another noun. 2.

In the lyrics it says “Wherever in the world, I will sing” which connects that they won't care and don't care about who dislikes their music. That they wil. “El Mariachi” translates to the word “musician.”

One states that it comes from the name of the wood used to make the dance platform. Another states that mariachi comes from the indigenous name of a tree called pilla or cirimo; yet another states that it came from an image locally called María H (pronounced Mari-Ache).