Archive Tape Name: ec092 NA NA National Science Foundation, Digital Library Initiative Phase 2 Maurice Amado Foundation University of California at Davis Samuel G. Armistead Bruce Rosenstock NA Samuel G. Armistead Samuel G. Armistead University of California
Spanish and Classics Dept. University of California at Davis Davis, CA 95616

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 This transcription is taken from Archive tape named Russo II, recorded on 1958-06-11, whose digital audio file is named ec092. The tape was recorded in Rhodes. Samuel G. Armistead interviewed and taped session 1958-06-11 INFNAME informant

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 1958-06-11 Rhodes ec092-2 Karen L. Olson Supervised the editing of all transcriptions. Ivannia Ramirez Editor/Transcriber Editor/Transcriber Editor/Transcriber University of California, Shields Library Samuel G. Armistead
Spanish and Classics Dept. University of California at Davis Davis, CA 95616
Ballad Title Not Yet Identified inf1 Y n ... se paraba a enamorar al padre [ se corrige ] al marido. Eya a su lado y le dezzía: "Buenos días, señora", se vestía con e[s]os vestidos y él siempre la miraba. No quería miralda en la cara, se hazzía mil cosas, no quería. Le disho un día, "Sube, pashtor liño, / sube arriba y ven aquí. / Si tu ves las mis colas, / atan largas y atan djil." [] Le disho, "Seas incolgada in eyas." "Si tu ves la mis caras, / blancas como el yasemín." Y, "Si tu ves los mis pechos." "Pordridos como los demonios." "Si tu veish", "si tu veish ..." Cuando ya se ha ido y no le ha mira[d]o la cara, le disho: "A tu sivdad vayas, a tu muzher, con otro y a mis [ se corrige ] y a tus hizhos en mi mezza." "Caya, caya, ma [ se corrige ] perra caya." Disho, "Mis hizhos y tu [ se corrige ] mi muzher siempre en mi mezza van a ser." Y cuando ya se vino, ento[nc]e[s] vino él, se vinieron endjuntos y estuvieron los hizhos en la mezza. Y eya nunca no descubrío su secreto, ni que disho que era eya que a él probaba. Joseph H. Silverman ¿Y qué es "atán djil"? inf1 ¿"Tan djil", "tan djil"? Samuel G. Armistead "Las colas ..." inf1 "Tan djantiles", tanto rem ... bueno. Samuel G. Armistead ¡Ah! "Tan djentil". inf1 "DJentil". ¿Está caminando esto? Joseph H. Silverman That's alright, that's alright. inf1 Y tan finas y buenas. "Si tu veis las mis caras", "si tu veis las mis manos", "si tu veis ..." "Todo que sea podrido", le dezzía. Disho, "Tó nunca vas a tener otra [ se corrige ] A tu muzher toparás con otro y a mi [ se corrige ] a tus hizhos en mi mezza." "Perra mala, caya", disho, "que mis hizhos nunca en mi mezza no van a estar." Cuando ya vino, estaba en su mezza, porque eran sus hijos. corte de cinta