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46. Baby Moshe Taken from the Water
… (Ginzberg 1969, 2:271–272). Two other Malayalam Jewish songs expounding in greater detail on midrash about Moshe’s … and analyzed by Gamliel (2009, 190–195). The text of this song is found in nine notebooks from Kochi and Ernakulam. … Splendid Singing Birds: Biblical narratives … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … 46. Baby …
45. Joseph’s Robe
… and repetitive tune less interesting than most of the other songs they performed. Though less compelling than the … drama and lively melodies of “Joseph the Righteous” (song 44), this song preserves more Joseph stories from the Bible (Genesis, …
44. Joseph the Righteous
… bless us, God, we pray! This lively and engaging narrative song about Joseph is a composite of oral and written variants. The entire song was sung from memory without hesitation by Chana … and Shirley Isenberg, she told them that her family song notebook had been lost in a house fire there—a major …
43. The Song of Mother Sarah
… Lord God, the only One, reign forever and be blessed. The Song of Mother Sarah is found in women’s notebooks from … the potential sacrifice of Isaac in the first part of the song and then the actual sacrifice of the goat at the end … Jewish women’s perspective is particularly evident in this song. Their intimate concern for Sarah’s ritual bathing …
42. Adam the First Person
… all that happened—everything from the past. Now we all sing songs of praise; may Your holy Name be blessed. This song was found in only four notebooks, all from Parur, where … (2001, personal communication) it seems to be a modern song with no Malayalam Jewish linguistic markers other than …
41. The Ten Songs of King Solomon
… pāṭṭukaḷ pāttil, stutipěṭṭa pāṭṭu itŏnnu 1. Of the ten songs sung by Shelomo Melehu, [1] this is most worthy of praise. Of the ten famous songs in the world, this is most worthy of praise. The first song was sung by Adam Harishon, [2] who prayed for …
39-40. Golden Manangĕ + My Dear Mamuchi
… 8. The singing of Chadayan stirred up my heart, But Cohen’s song has melted my life. O handsome Cohen, O my golden … Found only in two Paradesi notebooks, “Golden Manangĕ” (song 39) and “My Dear Mamuchi” (song 40) are humorous songs about romance, each composed in …
38. Song About Love
… may the Holy House be built. (x2) There we must go, and songs must be heard. (x2) 11. Be blessed, be blessed, be … praised is Lord Tamburan. (x2) Though the text of this song can be read simply as a devotional composition praising … more secular terms, making it suitable for inclusion as a song for wedding celebrations. Whereas the Hebrew word for …
37. Gorgeous Black-Haired Woman
… translate the Hebrew word. He praised the composer of the song for “translating culturally” by “maintain[ing] … made of ground rice flour. The piyyut is one of many Hebrew songs designated to be sung for processions with the Torah … But not surprisingly, it is also enjoyed as a love song in its Malayalam translation, performed during wedding …
36. O Woman Dwelling in the Field
… and the exiled Jewish people, it is performed as a wedding song in widespread Sephardic communities. In Kerala it might … interpreted as a male-female dialogue, the entire Malayalam song is in the voice of a man beseeching the lovely woman to … the garden—come with me!” Variants of this popular song are found in at least thirteen notebooks from …