Lu Me Sceccu ( Italian folk song)

Folkways Records FE 4520 Ethnic Folkways Library SIDE II, BAND 2: LU ME SCECCU ( My Little Donkey ). Recorded in Messina, Sicily. Sung by a cobbier from Catania, with guitar and chorus. A wagondriver sings nostalgically about his little donkey, who was fory years old when he died. He remembers the sound of the donkey s voice, and imitates it in the song. My donkey was a wonderful animal of good stock. Only it was a pity that he couldn t speak. When he died I was very sick and I will never forgive him