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And now for a Macedonian song
My favorite video of the song "Ripni Kalinke" has been this one by a barelyteenaged girl, partly because of her rich voice, but also because of the girls in the back whispering secrets and fondling each other's hair blossoms. Any number of interesting stories are suggested by their earnest expressions.
Today I discovered that this song is apparently also considered to be a good one for children who are just beginning to lose their milkteeth. Here are two tiny boys and a little girl doing a creditable job with an abridged version of the song. Is it the same girl, some years earlier? You can never tell with youtube, because all you have is the date of the upload, not the date of the filming.
What's the song about? It's pretty straightforward. A young man asks his sweetheart to dance with him even though both his family and hers have objected to their marrying. She says "How can I dance now? My father is watching." He says "It doesn't matter if he is your father, he might be my father-in-law! Let's dance." Repeat with mother.
By the way, the Macedonian words for "father-in-law" and "mother-in-law" are the same words as "grandpa" and "grandma." I know this from painstakingly comparing the words of this song to the ones in "Dedo mili, zlatni" which is all about how much Grandma loves Grandpa as they go through their daily lives.
I know I keep harping on these songs. For some reason they are my current favorites. I requested the dances that go with them last Friday at folkdance class but they didn't get on the list. But the ones that we did were fun too.
Tagged "degrees of little Romanian girls" even though there is no reference or connection to Cleopatra whatshername except for this sentence, because it's little girls singing love songs on you tube. (well, when I was a little girl I used to sing Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey songs, so I'm not finding fault)
Today I discovered that this song is apparently also considered to be a good one for children who are just beginning to lose their milkteeth. Here are two tiny boys and a little girl doing a creditable job with an abridged version of the song. Is it the same girl, some years earlier? You can never tell with youtube, because all you have is the date of the upload, not the date of the filming.
What's the song about? It's pretty straightforward. A young man asks his sweetheart to dance with him even though both his family and hers have objected to their marrying. She says "How can I dance now? My father is watching." He says "It doesn't matter if he is your father, he might be my father-in-law! Let's dance." Repeat with mother.
By the way, the Macedonian words for "father-in-law" and "mother-in-law" are the same words as "grandpa" and "grandma." I know this from painstakingly comparing the words of this song to the ones in "Dedo mili, zlatni" which is all about how much Grandma loves Grandpa as they go through their daily lives.
I know I keep harping on these songs. For some reason they are my current favorites. I requested the dances that go with them last Friday at folkdance class but they didn't get on the list. But the ones that we did were fun too.
Tagged "degrees of little Romanian girls" even though there is no reference or connection to Cleopatra whatshername except for this sentence, because it's little girls singing love songs on you tube. (well, when I was a little girl I used to sing Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey songs, so I'm not finding fault)