Enjoy with Jako el Muzikante and a piece about the everydayness, hoping to recover ours soon: Madam Gaspard and her visit to the market.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n![](\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/bc493816d894ee14ba9103e7b\/images\/29924501-ffe1-4efb-acc3-3f2172681f33.png\")
I hope you have had a great Pesach, despite the situation. Here we are in confinement for 5 weeks now and, even though we can go to the grocery stores, the feeling of everydayness, with the latex gloves, the masks and the extra spacing, has gone.<\/p>\n
The song for this occasion talks about Madam Gaspard who goes to the market and buys many animals. The lyrics are cumulative, as you will feel, and talk about this:<\/p>\n
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Madam Gaspard went to market.
\nShe bought a dog:
\na dog that says “wua wua wua wua”,
\na cat that says “nya nya nya nya”,
\na parrot that says “pa pa pa pa”,
\na cock that says “ku ku ku ku”,
\na chicken “ki ki ki ki”.
\nDo you know, my good-wife,
\nhow much did she pay?<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n
This song is included in the album “Ven al Luna Park”, by Jako el Muzikante, alter ego of Xurxo Fernandes. He learnt it from the collection of Victor Besso, researcher born in Salonica in 1905. According to the booklet, Yakov Algava learnt it from the Constantinoplian singer Karakesh Efendi and he recorded it in two different records in 1909.The mentioned animals can be more, as many as the imagination of the singer allowed. In the booklet of the album it is explained one occasion in Izmir in which it lasted one hour. It is a big challenge for any singer and Xurxo makes it wonderfully in this live shot.<\/p>\n
I hope you have had a great Pesach, despite the situation. Here we are in confinement for 5 weeks now and, even though we can go to the grocery stores, the feeling of everydayness, with the latex gloves, the masks and the extra spacing, has gone.<\/p>\nMadam Gaspard went to market.\nShe bought a dog:
\na dog that says “wua wua wua wua”,
\na cat that says “nya nya nya nya”,
\na parrot that says “pa pa pa pa”,
\na cock that says “ku ku ku ku”,
\na chicken “ki ki ki ki”.
\nDo you know, my good-wife,
\nhow much did she pay?<\/em><\/div>\n
<\/p>\n
This song is included in the album “Ven al Luna Park”, by Jako el Muzikante, alter ego of Xurxo Fernandes. He learnt it from the collection of Victor Besso, researcher born in Salonica in 1905. According to the booklet, Yakov Algava learnt it from the Constantinoplian singer Karakesh Efendi and he recorded it in two different records in 1909.The mentioned animals can be more, as many as the imagination of the singer allowed. In the booklet of the album it is explained one occasion in Izmir in which it lasted one hour. It is a big challenge for any singer and Xurxo makes it wonderfully in this live shot.<\/p>\n