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Re: Ong Rokbeigalmki (A Rokbeigalmki Chant)

From:Eric Christopherson <raccoon@...>
Date:Friday, October 1, 1999, 21:53
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From: Barry Garcia <Barry_Garcia@...>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 11:54 PM
Subject: Re(2): Ong Rokbeigalmki (A Rokbeigalmki Chant)


> hobbit@mail.earthlight.co.nz writes: > >Since this song included lines sung in English, French and Spanish, I > >suspect is was meant to be {allez, allez, allez} "Go! Go! Go!" rather
than
> >Spanish {ole ole ole}. Pronunciation, to the untrained ear, becomes > >blurred... > > Ahh you're taling about "La Copa De La Vida" (The cup of life). I have the > Spanish version on MP3 and the only French I can pick out is "un (SP?), > deux, tois", Though I may be wrong :). I actually think he is saying > 'allez' instead of 'ole' in that song .
I noticed that too. I wasn't sure if he just didn't know how to say <ole'> or what, but thought that unlikely ;)