Bulgarian Custom Songs

The Mystery of Bulgarian Voices Choir
Dora Hristova conducting

1993: Gega New GD 147

1. First Song on the Road *
2. Second Song on the Road *
3. Tebe poem / We Sing a Song for You

   for the old host

4. Ai, nazdrave / Cheers *

   for the old hostess

5. Nazdrave ti, chorbadjiio / Cheers to You, Master of the House *

   for the young hostess

6. Houbava Milka / Beautiful Milka *

   for a little girl

7. Tebe poem / We Sing a Song for You *

   for a shepherd

8. Pohvali sa / A Girl Bragged

   for an unmarried young woman

9. Tsarsko momche kon sedlae / A Mighty Boy Is Saddling His Horse

   for a little boy

10. Protekla e mutna voda / Turbid Waters Were Flowing

    for an unmarried young man

11. Song on Going Out of the House
12. Oh, Lazar

    on the road

13. Lazarski Bouenets *

    on entering the house

14. Lazar ide, Lazar sheta / Lazar Is Coming, Lazar Is Roaming About

    for the old hostess

15. Vurba ima, vurba nyama / There’s a Willow, There’s No Willow *

    for a young bride

16. Lazarska Song for the Bride

    for the young hostess

17. Lazarki *

    for a young girl

18. Moma houbava / Beautiful Girl *

    for an unmarried young woman

19. Malki momi lazaritsi / Young Girls Lazaritsi

    for a young lad

20. Mur shto sme se razigrali / Well, Aren’t We Dancing *

    for a young lad

21. Levent Nikola edin na mama / Strapping Nikola, Mother’s Only Son

    for an unmarried young man

22. Zhalba za Lazara / Lament for Lazar *

Tracks flagged above with a red asterisk were also later released on the 1994 Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares album Ritual.

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