This is 200 y.o Ladino song from my CD:
"Ofri Eliaz- Ya salio de la mar : Ladino songs".
WHAT IS LADINO MUSIC?
In 1492 the Jews were expelled from Spain. They were forced to leave without their belongings, but they carried with them their heritage, their language (a dialect of Spanish called Ladino) and their love of music to their new homes. For centuries, the heartfelt and melodic music of the Sephardic Jews accompanied them all in the nations they settled, from North Africa to Balkans to Turkey, Greece, Italy and America to present-day in Israel. Those diverse influences are evidenced in their culture and music.
lyrics
Alevanta Djako
En bodas i en berit
No te amostres flako
Ke tienes mushteris
Chalkidji de meana
Yo les kanto sin kedar
Me maneo komo un barko
A mi ya me yaman Djako
Mushteri de meana
Kon entojos i parpar
Yo me vo komo piola
Para les yevar la bolsa.
Get up Djako
You've got weddings and 'Bris Milas'
Don't look dispirited
You've got customers at hand
I conduct in the tavern
I sing along without stopping
Like a boat I rock to and fro
Djako is what they call me.
If customers come along real swanky and wearing glasses
I'll stick to them like a ' nudnik' to get some dough off of them.
credits
from Ofri Eliaz:Ya salio de la mar-Ladino songs,
track released January 1, 2005
Words and melodies: Traditional
Vocals: Ofri Eliaz
Drum set: Benny Koonievsky
Percussion: Benny Koonievsky, Raquy Danziger, Seido Salifoski
Bass: Emmanuel Man
Ud: Omar Faruk Tekbilak
Bansuri Flutes, : Steve Gorn
Violin: Joe Deninzon
Keyboards & computer programming: Shai Bachar
Musical producer: Shai Bachar
Arrangement: Shai Bachar and Ofri Eliaz
Co -producers: Ofri Eliaz and Alex Skolnick
Producer: Ofri Eliaz
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