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Dicho me habian dicho 1

Dicho me habian dicho 1

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Dicho me habían dicho
que el mi amor está en Venecia
tratando y baratando
con una nave inglesa.
Madre, demes la lecencia,
que lo quero ir a servir:
con mi amor yo me quiero ir.
Con mi amor me quero ir, madre,
con aquel que amaba yo.
Viva el y lo vea yo.

La que debe ser casada
no conviene a ser morena
sino blanca y colorada,
hermosa como la strella.
Madre, demes la lecencia,
que lo quero ir a servir:
con mi amor yo me quiero ir.
Con mi amor me quero ir, madre,
con aquel que amaba yo.
Viva el y lo vea yo.

Aunque soy morenica un poco
las mis gracias m'acompanian,
los mis cabellos son rubios
que a los mancebos engaño,
a los locos meto sejel,
a los bobos hago riír.
Con mi amor yo me quiero ir.
Con mi amor me quero ir, madre,
con aquel que amaba yo.
Viva el y lo vea yo.
They had told me
that my love is in Venice,
trading and bargaining
with an English ship.
Mother, give me permission,
for I want to go serve him:
I want to go with my love.
I want to go with my love, mother,
with the one I loved.
May he live, and may I see him. The one who is to be married
should not be dark-skinned,
but fair and rosy,
beautiful like the star.
Mother, give me permission,
for I want to go serve him:
I want to go with my love.
I want to go with my love, mother,
with the one I loved.
May he live, and may I see him. Although I am a little dark,
my graces go with me;
my hair is blond,
so I lead the young men on,
I give sense to the foolish,
and make the dull laugh.
I want to go with my love.
I want to go with my love, mother,
with the one I loved.
May he live, and may I see him.

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Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Yc2774/2
Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 268, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak.

This is a widely spread song in the congregations of Turkey, Saloniki, Sarayevo and Rhodes. This may be true due to the commercial recordings of the well known Rabbino Isaac Algazi (1889-1950).

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