research post 2025-06-14

"....summer lovin, had me a blast...."

Learning what the water wanted. Research notes and tabs below….

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The balls depicted are likely celebrations of the Bon Temps organization, one of New Orleans' oldest African American Carnival societies. Members proceed into the venue, which is decorated to reflect a theme that also influences the costume choices. In one instance, the theme is "Symphony Variations," and the women wear white gowns. In another, it is "Satan's Inferno," and participants wear devil costumes. There are scenes of dancing, and a live performance from the Louis Jordan Band. There are also images of a parade, including marching bands and several floats, one carrying a banner which reads "Krewe of Klaver," an ostensible reference to the African American Catholic lay organization Knights of Peter Claver. This film was digitized with a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation. via Louisiana Digital Library (here)

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¿Y tu agüela aonde ejtá? — via

Ayé me dijite negro
Y hoy te boy a contejtá:
Mi mai se sienta en la sala.
¿Y tu agüela, aonde ejtá?

Yo tengo el pelo'e caíyo:
El tuyo ej seda namá;
Tu pai lo tiene bien lasio,
¿Y tu agüela, aonde ejtá?

Tu coló te salió blanco
Y la mejiya rosá;
Loj lábioj loj tiénej finoj . . .
¿Y tu agüela, aonde ejtá?

¿Disej que mi bemba ej grande
Y mi pasa colorá?
Pero dijme, por la binge,
¿Y tu agüela, aonde ejtá?

Como tu nena ej blanquita
La sacaj mucho a pasiá . . .
Y yo con ganae gritate
¿Y tu agüela, aonde ejtá?

A ti te gujta el fojtrote,
Y a mi brujca maniguá.
Tú te laj tiraj de blanco
¿Y tu agüela, aonde ejtá?

Erej blanquito enchapao
Que dentraj en sosiedá,
Temiendo que se conojca
La mamá de tu mamá.

Aquí el que no tiene dinga
Tiene mandinga . . ¡ja, ja!
Por eso yo te pregunto
¿Y tu agüela, aonde ejtá?

Ayé me dijite negro
Queriéndome abochoná.
Mi agüela sale a la sala,
Y la tuya oculta ajtá.

La pobre se ejtá muriendo
Al belse tan maltratá.
Que hajta tu perro le ladra
Si acaso a la sala ba.

¡Y bien que yo la conojco!
Se ñama siña Tatá . . .
Po'que ej prieta de a beldá.

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Fortunato Vizcarrondo nació en Carolina en el año 1895