Smithsonian Folkways – Ballads Wedding Songs and Piyyutim of the Sephardic Jews of Tetuan and Tangier Morocco

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Year of Recording 1983. Record Label Folkways Records. Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.

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Credits

Produced by Henrietta Yurchenco; Recorded by Henrietta Yurchenco; Design by Ronald Clyne; Cover photo by Yurchenco.

101 Dice la nuestra novia  – Says the Brideto
Be Alicia Benassayag de Bendayam 3:14.
102 En ca de mi padre – In the House of My Father
Flora Benamol 3:25.
103 Aunque le di la mano – Although I Gave Him My Hand
Flora Benamol 1:14.
104 Fuerame a banar a orillas del rio – I Went to Bathe at the Rivers Edge
Flora Benamol 2:14.
105 El Cabrito – One Kid
Alicia Benassayag de Bendayam 3:00.
106 Yo me levantara un lunes – I Arose on a Monday
Flora Benamol 2:55.
107 Mose salio de Misrain – Moses Left Egypt
Alicia Benassayag de Bendayam 2:29.
108 Una Hija tiene el rey – The King Has a Daughter
Alicia Benassayag de Bendayam 2:24.
109 Nuestro Senor Elohenu
Alicia Benassayag de Bendayam 3:15.
201 La Gallarda
Flora Benamol 3:50.
202 Persona soy yo el bien sidi – I Am a Human Being Good
Sir Female singer 2:09.
203 Brillana – Briana
Ester Kadosh Israel 4:11. 2
04 Piyyut: City of Joy
Solomon Siboni 2:50. 2
05 Piyyut: The Overseer
Solomon Siboni 2:31.
206 Piyyut: God Is Alive
Solomon Siboni 2:33.
207 Piyyut: From the Mouth of God
Solomon Siboni 1:31.
208 Piyyut: My Wintry Days
Solomon Siboni 2:49.
209 Piyyut: Your Love Is Sweet Solomon Siboni 1:13.