Re: JEWISH-MUSIC digest 2619

[Joel Bresler <joel.br...>]

Isabelle,

Are these lyrics by Jack Mayesh? They track his pretty closely, though 1 
1/2 verses are missing below. Mayesh Phonograph Records #1367 (dating from 
the early 1940s) says it was "Composed and sung by Jack Mayesh"

He certainly didn't compose the music, but I think he may have done the 
lyrics. He's not credited on the recent Savina Yannatou live recordings, 
either. I've written to the Yannatou and the family to inquire. So far, no 
response.

If he's the source, he should be credited. There's enough "losing the 
composer" as we've discussed on the list, let's not "lose the lyricist" either!

Kal tuv,

Joel

At 01:08 AM 5/31/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Friends:
>
>Here are Ladino lyrics to "Misserlu":
>
>No pretendas mas que tu me amas, ni te sforses a vertir lagrimas.
>Yo ya lo supe que era por enganar,
>Este es un facto que no puedas niegar.
>
>Ah! Misserlu!  Es muy amargo, ah es muy amargo el sufrir,
>Ma no por esto uno deve murir (2x)
>
>Algun dia sufrira tu corason, y conoceras lo que es la traision.
>Como yo lloro, ansi tu lloraras. Y consuelo nunca no toparas.
>
>Ah! Misserlu!  (etc.)
>
>Don't pretend anymore that you love me.  I believe that you're doing it to
>fool me.
>This is a fact which you cannot deny.
>
>Ah!  Misserlu! It is very bitter. Ah, suffering is very bitter,
>But one does not have to die for that.
>
>One day your heart will suffer and you will understand betrayal.
>And as I cry, so you will cry
>And never find consolation
>
>Ah! Misserlu! (etc.
>
>
>If you'd like to hear ALHAMBRA perform Misserlu this Tuesday evening (June
>3rd) at 7 p.m. at the Spanish Institute, 68th and Park Ave. NYC, please
>call Mazal Ustaev (Sephardic House) for information: (212) 294-8350 ext. 4.
>   Admission is $15.00
>
>---------------------- jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org ---------------------+
>