Sorpresa

Soleá de Cádiz Muerto se quedó en la calle con un puñal en el pecho. No lo conocía nadie. ¡Cómo temblaba el farol! Madre. ¡Cómo temblaba el farolito de la calle! Era madrugada. Nadie pudo asomarse a sus ojos abiertos al duro aire. Que muerto se quedó en la calle que con un puñal en … More Sorpresa

Federico

The soundtrack on this video is by the amazing flamenco singer Estrella Morente, and you really should listen to it. My cat was or is, no sabemos, Federico, after FGL and specifically, Libro de poemas. We will be reading most of this book on this blog in the coming weeks. Axé.

Ali Baba’s Farm

It’s a Turkish children’s song, now resung to a techno beat. It is funny. I need more lullabies for my the spirit of my departed cat — ideally Arabic or Turkish, but perhaps Indian also. Axé.

Tom Paxton

We grew up with folk, as you can tell. This is a sad song composed back when I thought it would be interesting to have lived enough to sing it. Now I think it is too sad altogether. But the video accompanying this version by the Dubliners, is brilliant. Axé.