I've been communicating with some interesting people in Texas involved with Conjunto music and was amazed to find out that this person's mother and grandfather were recorded by John Lomax during his field recording trip through Sugarland in 1939. Most of the recordings are from "San Dimas el Buen Ladron" (Passion Play about the Good Thief). Though here is a courting song called "Yo ya me voy" or "I'm Going Your Way."
CHAOS WASHING MACHINES
My apartment comes with a washing machine called, imposingly, a Goldstar Chaos Hi Tech Washing Machine. I thought it was a dryer too but that doesn't seem to be the case. Korean apartments have these alleys between the living areas and the outside wall in which clothes are dried. There are sliding doors between the apartment and the alley, and large windows between the bedrooms and the alley. I thought I wouldn't have to use it but if the washing machine is also a "hi tech" drier I sure can't find the right combination of buttons. Not that I haven't looked. I tried to decipher everything with the help of my dictionary and limited knowledge of the hangul alphabet (which includes only a dim understanding of the actual letter order--still working on that). The word pronounced (I think) "saw" is a simple two letter word. But according to my dictionary, it means, "a cow, a bull, an ox" or "dressing, stuffing," "little, few,
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