Archive Tape Name: la53 NA NA National Science Foundation, Digital Library Initiative Phase 2 Maurice Amado Foundation University of California at Davis Samuel G. Armistead Bruce Rosenstock NA Samuel G. Armistead Samuel G. Armistead University of California
Spanish and Classics Dept. University of California at Davis Davis, CA 95616

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 This transcription is taken from Archive tape named Home III, recorded on 1959-08-20, whose digital audio file is named la53. The tape was recorded in Brooklyn, NY. Samuel G. Armistead interviewed and taped session 1959-08-20 INFNAME informant

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 1959-08-20 Brooklyn, NY la53-15 Karen L. Olson Supervised the editing of all transcriptions. Editor/Transcriber Cinthya M. Miranda Editor/Transcriber Editor/Transcriber University of California, Shields Library Samuel G. Armistead
Spanish and Classics Dept. University of California at Davis Davis, CA 95616
Ballad Title Not Yet Identified title: La esposa fiel recitado. inf1 ... Blanca Niña, lavaba y espandía. De sus lágrimas lavaba y con ya ... [ se corrige ] con su ... comentario Samuel G. Armistead "Suspiros". recitado De sus ozhos lavab ... [ repite ] lavaba [ se corrige ] De sus lágrimas lavaba, y con sospiros espandía. Por ahí paso un muchachico, un poco de agua le demandó. De lágrimas de suzz ozhos siete cantaricos le hinchó. -- ¿De qué yorásh, Blanca Niña? ¿Blanca Niña, de que yorásh? -- Yoro por mi marido, que de la guerra n'hai a tornar. Que todozz ya vienen atrázz y al medo ... [ titubea ] espunta[r]. -- ¿Quién es el güestro marido, si me puedésh amostrar? -- Él es blondo y hermozzo y alto como un pino. -- Ya lo vide, mi señora, a la guerra matado'stá. Tres cuchiyadas had ... [ se corrige ] hai dado al coyar de su djaqueta. Tres palabricas me habló un'hora antes que muriera: "Yo tengo muzher hermozza, hizhos como la estreya. Eya es mi siñora, con eya me cazzí yo y vos la tomázh a mi muzher y con eya vosh casásh vos." -- Si mi marido no viene, nunca yo me v'a cazza[r]. Siete años asperé y otros siete v[oy] a espera[r]. Si él no torna de la guerra, yo nunca me v'a cazza[r]. -- Yoraba la Blanca Niña, yoraba mucho y másh. -- No yoresh, Blanca Niña. Blanca Niña no yoresh más. Yo soy'l güestro marido, que de la guerra'sperásh. -- Yo no me creyo de ti ni de tus palabras, [] si no m'amuestras la señal que con ti tu yevas. -- Se quitó su camizza y le amostró'l lunar. conversación Samuel G. Armistead Muy bien. Joseph H. Silverman Muy bien.