… We include in this collection three versions of this complex accumulative song drawing on …

… These are six versions of the most well-known copla de parida . A rather … to this handsome son, whose face resembles flowers!” Other versions (CD 1, nos. 3, 7) speak about the joy of birth … brought good wine, appetizers and sweets.” In one of the versions it mentions that all was bought from Almosnino’s …

… We present three versions of this song. The first and third ones are from …

… , no. 21). Haim Effendi recorded at least two different versions of this song ( 2008 , CD III, no. 7), both longer … than Çakum’s, whose version is extremely brief (compare versions recorded from oral tradition, Havassy 2007 , …

… 080/24). The refrain (with similar music) can be found in versions of the song El huésped del sábado ( Levy 1959-1973 …

… in few printed and recorded sources in much longer versions. The protagonist in some versions is a woman, in others a man. The story develops … son/daughter but cannot help. This romance has no parallel versions in the Hispanic or Balkan ballad traditions. For …

A shorter version of the song, quite similar in content to the former ones. The last…

… no. 106) and in the modern discography. Yet, the modern versions of the melody are usually metered and differ …

… different tunes, but with only slight differences in text. Versions 16a from Kadavumbhagam-Kochi (with each line … parts of the song. In contrast to the two folk-style versions, the Paradesi song (16c) was  sung by Sarah Cohen … the words rather than the melodies of the three song 16 versions, we find that all three recount the giving of the …

… 116; Hemsi 1995, no. 87) and in most commercially recorded versions. The last stanza of the version by Haim is rarely …