My Choice 303 - Il-Budaj: Min hu gej u min hu sejjer

[irateofwatford]

A truly fine singer - but I detest the backing music. That electronic organ, or synthesizer or whatever it is, cheapens the whole song. A mandolin would have been more suitable.

[malpen04]

@irateofwatford I guess a bit of variety won't hurt. I find the backing very nice. Thanks for your comment

[malpen04]

@plcar Hawnhekk intellghu muzika biss u mhux politika u ma narahiex prudenti li tpoggi kumment bhal dan fuq dan ic-channel.

[plcar]

Kif titwieled tibda tibki ghax sena wara jwadbulek plat spaghetti biz-zalza u sentejn wara tehlisa mil gharqa biex jaghfgulek l-ghadam t'ghonqok it-tobba umbaghad joqghodu jitturbanizawk. It-turban jagmlughulek pasta, veru veru TTurbanizawk!!! Ha Ha.

[malpen04]

@plcar Ma nafx ezatt xi tfisser imma nsomma !!!! :))

[beadsstitcher]

i really enjoyed this on a saturday afternoon!! i liked the pictures...so old.

[malpen04]

Those paintings are marvellous. Thanks and glad you enjoyed it.

[Rhawneld57]

Nice Waltz Loved the paintings and the photos too. 100*****

Thank you again for so many of these videos.

Ron!

[malpen04]

That music is very typical Maltese folklore style music and I think even foreigners seem to enjoy it.

Glad you liked it Ron.

[97641282]

Brilliant song,I love Il Budai ,he was such a talented gentleman.

Paintings are excellent,showing various

parts of Malta"s way of life.

Thank you Alfred.

[malpen04]

Frans was talented and had a heart of gold. What I liked a lot in him was that you could talk about any subject and he seemed to be very versed in everything one brings up.  Jasmine and I missed him a lot.

[97641282]

Alfred,Frans is missed by the vast majority of the Maltese population as well as us Expats that enjoyed his talents from afar.

[malpen04]

He is John but especially by those who knew him personally. He had such a nice gentel character.

[JANDIMMIF]

Very nice slides and song too i just post it in fb.Jane.

[malpen04]

Thanks Jane.  Il-Budaj was great.

[toveza]

That was quite a popular tune in my day. One version was Lanca gejja u ohra sejra, which was adapted unofficially by the SRUM - students of the Royal University of Malta with words like Ir-Rettur bil pipa f'halqu ifottina kull mument. Ah those were the good old days - I remember them well

tom

[malpen04]

Yes, good old days. There were several version of lyrics used for this song. Thanks Tom

[jasmine7201]

It's a Maltese folkloristic song and it's very lovely.

Very beautiful pictures also.

Thank you Jasmine and Alfred.

[malpen04]

Thank you Jasmine for your comment. Frans was a very nice person besides being a singer, writer, sculptor and a painter.