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The Society of Folk Dance Historians (SFDH) Moja diridika
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BACKGROUND
Information: A song.
Emil Cosetto's Moja Diridika is based on an older much simpler song. Either Njikos or Ivancan documented it as an 8-bar song with each verse repeated. Amateur students sing it as a choral piece in Croatia. American-Croatian folk ensembles made up a dances for it. When any Croatian dance has any more that two parts, it's not old. With three parts, it's relatively new. With four AND an SATB score (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass), it's REALLY NEW.
Translation: My sweetheart
Pronunciation: MOH-yah dee-ree-DEE-kah
Region: United States / Croatia
LYRICS
Recordings and transcriptions have four verses
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Moja dika ore na volove, |
My sweetheart is plowing with oxen, And I dance and sing after him. Sweetheart invites me to dinner. Thank you, sweetheart, I have eaten. |
Some transcriptions have:
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Bela bela hleba/'leba i žuta pasulja. |
The white and yellow beetles. |
The MIT Folkdance Club Songbook (5/2/1996) has
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Pa me, pa me nešto po trbuvu žulja, |
But something in my belly pinches, Two potatoes and a scallion. |
DOCUMENTS
- Croatia, a country.
- United States, a country.
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