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Featuring one of the most famous limping rhythms from Bulgaria & Macedonia, this paidushko in 5 is also one of the most famous songs sung by Vaška Ilieva, whose recording is the source.

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More, čičo reče da me ženi
more, čera reče sega nek’e
// More, čera reče sega nek’e
a pa strina Sava ič ne dava. //
More, ne davaše, ne davaše
// More, najposle se saglasiše, //
more, mi zgodiše bela Neda.
More, bela, bela kako Arapka,
more, tûnka tûnka kako mečka.
More, kačeše ja na kolata
more, a kolata prikrcaja.
// More, a kolata prikrcaja,
more bivolite primrcaja. //
More, koga Neda potegliše
more, do dve daske se skršiše.
// More, do dve daske se skršiše,
more, bivolite s’uplašiše. //

(Uncle said he would marry me off
yesterday he said so, now he doesn’t want to.
Yesterday he said so, now he doesn’t want to;
and Aunt Sava won’t agree to it at all.
They wouldn’t agree and wouldn’t agree,
// And finally they did agree. //
They betrothed fair Neda.
She’s as fair as an Arab,
as thin as a bear.
They put her in the carriage;
the carriage started to creak.
// The carriage started to creak,
the buffalo staggered along (pulling it). //
When they got going with Neda in it,
it broke in two.
// It broke in two,
and the buffalo were frightened. //)

credits

from Mahala Drive, released January 20, 2010
Colleen (violin); Dee (accordion); Katrina (clarinet); Matt (bass); Natalie (vocals and dumbek); Scott (mandolin)

©2010 Orkestar Bez Ime

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Orkestar Bez Ime (OBI) Minneapolis, Minnesota

Orkestar Bez Ime [or-KESS-tar behz EE-meh]--"orchestra without a name" in Bulgarian---brings you the festive village music of Eastern Europe and the Rom (Gypsy) people. OBI's repertoire reaches from Albania to Ukraine, with plenty of stops in between. Orkestar Bez Ime is a winner of the 2011-2012 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Performing Musicians administered by MacPhail Center for Music. ... more

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