La melodía principal, que ya de forma tradicional cantaba “Ora, meu meniño”, fue recogida en Santiago de Compostela por Ramón de Arana, como berce o arrolo. Felip Pedrell dice de Ramón que “ha sido mi institutor en el importantísimo folklore musical gallego”. Rosalía escribió un largo poema a partir de esos primeros versos populares. El interludio instrumental es una panxolina comunicada, en este caso, por Anselmo González del Valle. La melodía del estribillo es un cantar gallego que originalmente cantaba “Viento, vientiño del Norte. Viento, vientiño norteiro…”.
lyrics
Ora, meu meniño, ora,
¿quen vos ha de dar a teta,
si túa nai vai no muíño,
e teu pai na leña seca?
Ora, meu meniño, ora,
¡canto chorarás por ela!
Sin ter con que te acalente,
sin ter con que te adormeza.
¡Ai, cando veña túa nai!
¡Ai, cando che a túa nai veña!
¡Cal te topará, meniño,
frío como a neve mesma!
Eu cha dera, miña xoia,
con mil amores cha dera,
hastra rebotar, meu santo,
hastra que máis non quixeras,
hastra verte dormidiño
con esa boca tan feita,
sorrindo todo fartiño,
cal ubre de vaca cheia.
Mais ¡ai, que noite che agarda!
Mais ¡ai, que noite che espera!
Que anque dúas fontes teño,
estas fontiñas non deitan.
Evoéh is a project that reconciles two sources of Spanish music: cult music and popular
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It was born in 2005, as a duet of voice and guitar between Ariana Barrabés and Jesús Olivares, result of our admiration for Spanish poetry and music....more
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