Escalerica l’hizo (La escalera de las bendiciones + La llamada a la morena + La nave por partir)

Judeo-Spanish Songs for the Life Cycle in the Eastern Mediterranean
Judeo-Spanish Songs for the Life Cycle in the Eastern Mediterranean
Escalerica l’hizo

Rosa Avzaradel-Alhadef (Rhodes)


This song consisting of disconnected strophes, similar or identical to those in the previous item, includes four strophes and a refrain that says, “Brunette and gracious you are, and green are your eyes.” First strophe: “He made for her a ladder of gold and crystal; let our groom come for the blessing.” The brunette sings in the second strophe, “The sailors call me, if they will call me again, with them I will go.” The third strophe is parallel to the first one: “He made for her a ladder of gold and ivory, let our groom come for the kiddushin.”

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