Simi Suissa (Alcazarquivir)
19. Arrelumbre y arrelumbre/Y arrelumbre y arrelumbre
Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle
Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle
Arrelumbre y arrelumbre (19a)
Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle
Y arrelumbre y arrelumbre (19b)
Ester Davida and family (Tangier)
(19a) In this wedding song the bride is describe, shining like the sun and the moon (v. 1-4) in front of all the guests (v. 9-12). The groom says he will care for the bride (v. 5) and asks her to leave her mother and go with him (v. 13-16).
(19b) Musical variants of 19a, adding a description of the bridegroom fainting after the bride unfastent her tresses.
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