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Nani quere el hijo (La mujer engañada)
… This lullaby is a romance about a deceived wife ( Armistead 1978: topic L13). … have a common rhyme, í-a, following a common scheme of the romance genre. … Judeo-Spanish Songs for the Life Cycle in …
Chico menico (Los dedos, nombres y oficios)
… sings this rhyme to the young child, naming each finger (from the little finger to the thumb): the small one, the king …
Bate, bate (Adivina quien te dio)
… This is a game very popular among Sephardim from Thessaloniki. One child hides his face. While another …
Endentino (Retahila de sorteo)
… children’s rhymes, “Endendino sofalacatino,” which derives from the Sephardic tradition for the Balkans. … Judeo-Spanish …
Alegre m'alegre (Juego de callarse)
… and jaminados (eggs cooked throughout the Sabbath, from the Hebrew, hamin ). Under the steps there is a kettle …
De día en día (Me dice la gente)
… The strophes share a similar structure. First strophe: “From day to day you cheat on me, people are telling me that …
Lavaba la blanca niña (La vuelta del marido)
… This is a fragment of a romance based on the theme of “the husband’s return” … and crying, meets a passing knight who, at the end of the romance, reveals himself as her husband. In the dialogue … tests her fidelity during his absence. The choice of this romance for this occasion is clear for two reasons: the …
38-40. El regateo de las consuegras
… her first child. The second version opens with a blessing from the groom’s mother to the bride’s mother: “Live long, …
Ahí, ahí, a los campos (Los campos de la boda + El novio desprendido + El peral de las peras)
… reveals that the Judeo-Spanish repertoire preserves motifs from old Hispanic songs that have otherwise completely disappeared from other Spanish-speaking traditions: “From the pear tree I took a pear, and from honest people I …
46-47. El novio pródigo
… groom, has bought for his bride, as well as his hopes from her. The first line of each strophe states the gift sent … both sides of her face, she will not be old, she is coming from her bath. “Let it be in a blessed hour,” says the …