B-BOOGIE by David Nez

 



Two of us went, three came back, so there!
Look how do we add to our numbers.
The bridal pinafore was quickly taken off,
Serving to swaddle our baby, our little baby.

 

See Song No. 72 of Bela Bartok, Hungarian Folk Music,
trans. M. D. Calvocoressi (London: Oxford University Press, 1931),
appendix p. 20, and text, p. 121.