Los Pibes Trujillo recorded their "Villancicos Navideños" album in 1970, bringing popular Ecuadorian villancicos to international acclaim. "Lindo niño," among Salvador Bustamante Celi's (1876-1935) popular villancicos, had a bright waltz feel on the album, contrasting the tragic story of child abuse underpinning the recording process. Similarly tragic, Celi, in 1910, had to escape Lima due to war with Perú at the border, and traveled to Guayaquil. Although economic and political instability tends to correlate with weakened historical and cultural documentation, Ecuador and some of it's neighboring countries have maintained a unique Catholic novena (nine day religious celebration) from December 16-24 named the "Novena del Niño" or "Novena de Aguinaldos" that includes daily villancico singing and prayer.

Upon listening to Pamela Cortés's recorded version, the joyous hope from anticipating the arrival of the child feels poignant against the melancholic musical background. This arrangement builds on Cortés, with the primary melody often falling out of alignment with the instrumentation, forming hemiolas, before the rhythmic motive returns to alignment.