Mateša, mateša (4a)

Mateša, mateša (4a)

Rachel Levy (Tangier)


This is a nonsense song girls sing while sitting on a swing (mateša). The word for swing is repeated at the beginning, followed by a phrase in Arabic (v.2), and by the words "a cup of gold full of treasure" (v.3-4) and "a cup of silver full of potatoes" (v.5-6). The last line is spoken, and calls by name on one girl to vacate the swing and another to take her place (v.7-8).

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