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Canta, gallico, canta (Los deseos del gallo)
… dangers of the night before the circumcision). By noon, the mothers start preparing food. The other series (third and …
La reina tiene dolores (La mala suegra)
… This romance follows the prototype of the evil mother-in-law who slanders her daughter-in-law and … pains and wishes to be at her father’s palace, with her own mother at her side to pray for her when she is in labor ( …
Durme, durme (Nanas de los buenos augurios)
… Reflecting the mother’s wishes for the future of her son as an educated …
Nani quere el hijo (La mujer engañada)
… about a deceived wife ( Armistead 1978: topic L13). The mother is singing a lullaby to her child, complaining that …
22-23. El estudio de la Ley
… Law.” The person then recites blessings for him, for his mother and father, and for the midwife that attended his …
No paséis porla mi puerta (Prohibido el paso)
… between a young man’s or young woman’s overprotective mother and his or her persistent suitor. Part of the strophe …
Abrimes, galanica (Todos son inconvenientes)
… by her father who is studying ( está meldando ), by her mother who is sewing, or by her brother who is writing. Her …
38-40. El regateo de las consuegras
… The song is formulated as a debate between the two mothers-in-law. The groom’s mother criticizes the dowry prepared for the bride: “You give too little, motherin-law, to your dear daughter!” After each strophe, …
Oy, que relumbror (Bendiciones a la hermosa pareja)
… wine. Let them be married for hundred years... The handsome mothers-in-law shine and blush to see the musicians. Let the …
Levantáivos el parido (1a)
… A circumcision song about the father and mother of the newborn. The father, still asleep, is awakened … are waiting for him (v.3-4). Better food is offered to the mothers of sons than to the mothers of daughters (v.5-8). The latter are frustrated and …