Re: la rosa and Richard Farina

[linda <labo4...>]

on 5/02/03 5:58 AM, Judith Cohen at judithc (at) yorku(dot)ca wrote:

> hi, Lucy mentioned that contrafact of "Los Bilbilicos" (La rosa enflorece)
> by Richard Farina, known as The Swallow Song. I learned it in fact long
> before learning the Sephardic original . But I've always wondered where he
> GOT the tune to begin with; when he wrote the words to The Swallow SOng it
> was longbefore the Judeo-Spanish song revival. ANy ideas? thought maybe
> during his time in France? Judith
> 
> 
> 

If my memory serves me correctly (and I can't check this because my record
collection is in storage) "Los Bilbilicos" was on an LP either on Prestige
or Elektra  by an Israeli singer.  These records were issued in the '60s.
Perhaps that was one source for Farina's learning the melody.

Linda

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