Osmán Pérez Freire (Santiago, 29 January 1880 – Madrid, 2 April 1930) was a Chilean composer. Born in Santiago, a grandson of Ramón Freire, his family moved to Mendoza, in the desert Cuyo region of western Argentina, in 1886. Freire moved to Spain in the 1920s.James J. Fuld The Book of World-famous Music: Classical, Popular, and Folk, 2000, page 121 "Ay-Ay-Ay :The autograph manuscript of the song is at PAU. This song should not be confused with the Mexican Cielifo Lindo, whose chorus begins, "Ay, ay, ay, ay". Freire was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1878, moved to Mendoza, Argentina, in 1886," His daughters are Mercedes Pérez Freire and Liliana "Lily" Pérez Freire.
Works, editions and recordings "Ay-Ay-Ay" song on Ay-Ay-Ay recital Luigi Alva Decca 1963
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