Krusevo aber pristignia
Macedonian


Language
Macedonian

Physical Availability
Order directly from the band.

Links of interest
Band home page - shows, sound samples, and more.
The Ethnologue on Macedonian
Macedonian language
Macedonian music history

Background
In Einstein's Daughter: The Search for Lieserl, the author wrote that Serbian music was a cross between hard rock and Middle Eastern folk. I had to find out. This is good stuff. If you're in Seattle, definitely find their shows.

This is from the blurb at their mp3.com website about this song: "This song, about a young woman who disguises herself as a man to fight for her native land, is our band's tribute to the famous Macedonian singer Vaska Ilieva, who recorded a version of it years ago. Jody Levinson sings the lead vocal; Kathy Sandstrom adds a vocal harmony of her invention."

Lyrics

Krusevo aber pristigna Koj ima sinoi golemi Komiti da gi isprati Vo toa slavno Smilevo. Stojan si nemal sinoi Samo si ja imal Todorka Todorka edna na majka Todorka edna na tatko. Todorka na tatko velese: Kupi mi puska berdanka I edna sabja prengija. Jas komita, tatko, ke odam Vo toa slavno Smilevo. A, sto bese licna Todorka Narami puska na ramo Zapasa sabja prngija. Tri godini komita setala. Nikoj Todorka ne poznal Deka e Todorka devojka.

Word came from the town of Krushevo that those with manly sons should send them as soldiers to the famous town of Smilevo. Stojan had no sons, he had only Todorka, Todorka, her mother's only child, Todorka, her father's only child. Todorka said to her father: Buy me a gun and a holster and a sword on my belt. I will go be a soldier, father, in famous Smilevo. Oh, how handsome Todorka was, armed with a gun on her shoulder and a sword on her belt. She was a soldier for three years. No one recognized Todorka, that Todorka was a girl.

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