Archive Tape Name: ec114 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 Tamar Tarika VI 114, recorded on 1958-08-28, whose digital audio file is named ec114. The tape was recorded in Seattle. Samuel G. Armistead interviewed and taped session 1958-08-28 INFNAME informant

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 1958-08-28 Seattle ec114-5 Karen L. Olson Supervised the editing of all transcriptions. Cesar Chang 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 title: Mala suegra canción. inf1 e inf2 ... ena doloris di parir tiene. -- ¡Y qui estoviera [pariendo] [.....] conversación inf1 ¿La tumaron esta? inf2 No la tames más [ phrase ]. Joseph H. Silverman No, no , no, no. No es igual. Samuel G. Armistead Es la misma, pero es distinto. Joseph H. Silverman Sí, pero ... corte de cinta canción [.....] doloris di parir tiene. -- ¡Y quién estuviera pariendo in el sarray del rey, mi padre! ¡Y quén toviera por vesina a la reina, la mi madri! Que me yame ... conversación inf1 [ phrase ] "Qui mi yami a la comadre". inf3 ¿Quere que la cante? canción Que mi yam[e] a la comadri y qui m[e] arrezzi la[s] dolore[s]. -- In estas palabras sintiendo, saltó y li disho la suegra: -- Andes, mi [e]l muera, y andes, andes parí andi vuestro padri. -- In medio de il camino, las duloris la afizziaron. In medio de el caminu, y las duloris la afizziaron. In intrandu por la puerta, eya parió y un hizho. Problemas con la cinta. No entiendo lo que dice [.....] y era ya parido. Y a la tadri vino a su cazza, [.....] Dishu: -- A todu veigo in medio y a mi siñora yo no vego. -- Saltó, li dishu la madri: -- Tu muzher si fue a parir andi'l padre. A mí mi yamó "puta viezha" y a ti, "hizho del mal padri". -- Y cun esta [e]spada mi mati si yo no la mato. -- Eya fue [ se corrige ] A la [e]ntrada di la puerta, salió, li disho la suegra: -- Vengas in bona hora, mi yerto, simán bueno ti seya el hizho. -- Mal simán li seya il hizho, que arriventin la madri cun el hizho. Y con esta [e]spada mi mati y si yo nu la mato. -- De esta cama nu m[e] al[e]vanti si yo yamí a la tu madri ni a ti yo nada. -- Y de esta cama y no m[e] al[e]vanti si yo no vo a matarla a la mi madri. -- Y el fue mató a la su madri y él propio se mataría. -- Maldicha seya mi madri, qui a mí tal mi hazzi. -- la inf. cambia la melodía Dizzi que le canten, dizzi que le baile ... corte de cinta