18 -19. Los dedos hambrientos

Judeo-Spanish Songs for the Life Cycle in the Eastern Mediterranean
Judeo-Spanish Songs for the Life Cycle in the Eastern Mediterranean
Aquí mete cocó la gallinica

Julie Saltiel (Thessaloniki)

Judeo-Spanish Songs for the Life Cycle in the Eastern Mediterranean
Judeo-Spanish Songs for the Life Cycle in the Eastern Mediterranean
Aquí mete cocó la gallinica

Pepo Salem (Thessaloniki)


Two variants of a children’s rhyme recited while playing with the fingers, starting with stroking the child’s palm and then saying: “This one says, ‘Give me bread.’ This one says, ‘There is no more.’ The other says, ‘Let us steal.’ The other says, ‘No, our teacher [el jajam] will beat us.’ The other says, ‘Through here, here...’.” At the end the singer tickles the child.

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