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Re: OT: Musical languistics

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Monday, June 2, 2003, 11:10
Adam Walker scripsit:

> As for Bulgarian women's choirs, I love them. The > sound is so full of energy. I'm trying to remember > the name of that song that starts with the bases > droning "dung di dung di dungidi dung" before the > sopranos come in with the lyric. Do you know the one?
Sounds suspiciously like The Marcels' 1961 up-tempo doo-wop version of Rodgers and Hart's "Blue Moon".
> I used to have an assistant from Bulgaria whos mother > was in such a choir back in Bulgaria. She (my > assistant) was one interesting lady to talk to on any > number of subjects. She was also the one who taught > me a Bulgarian tongue twister!
So what is it already? -- Deshil Holles eamus. Deshil Holles eamus. Deshil Holles eamus. Send us, bright one, light one, Horhorn, quickening, and wombfruit. (3x) Hoopsa, boyaboy, hoopsa! Hoopsa, boyaboy, hoopsa! Hoopsa, boyaboy, hoopsa! -- Joyce, _Ulysses_, "Oxen of the Sun" jcowan@reutershealth.com

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