Alicia Bendayan (Tetuan)
Ay, mi padre y ay, mi madre (3a)
Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle
Ay, mi padre y ay, mi madre (3a)
A bar mitzvah song. The boy asks his parents to prepare a room for him where he can study the torah (v.1-6). On the day of his bar mitzvah the child is bathed in perfumed water (v.7-10), and is greeted by good wishes for his future marriage (v. 13-16).
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