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Tee Say Mallee (Τι Σε Μέλει Εσένανε) - Slim Gaillard, 1946
Bulee "Slim" Gaillard (January 4, 1916 – February 26, 1991), also known as McVouty, was an American jazz singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and vibraphonist, noted for his vocalese singing and word play in a language he called "Vout". (In addition to speaking eight other languages, Gaillard wrote a dictionary for his own constructed language.)
Along with Gaillard's date of birth, his family lineage and place of birth are disputed. One account is that he was born in Santa Clara, Cuba, of a Greek father and an Afro-Cuban mother; another is that he was born in Pensacola, Florida, to a German father and an African-American mother. Adding to the confusion, the 1920 U.S. Census lists a 19-month-old boy named "Beuler Gillard" in Pensacola, but born in Alabama. He grew up in Detroit and moved to New York City in the 1930s.
According to the obituaries in leading newspapers, Gaillard's childhood in Cuba was spent cutting sugar-cane and picking bananas, as well as occasionally going to sea with his father. However, at the age of 12, he accompanied his father on a world voyage and was accidentally left behind on the island of Crete. After working on the island for a while, he made his home in Detroit. In America, Gaillard worked in an abattoir, trained as a mortician and also had been employed at Ford's Motor Works.
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Τι σε μέλει εσένανε - Μαρίκα Παπαγκίκα, 1927
Τι σε μέλει εσένανε από πού είμαι εγώ
απ’ το Καραντάσι, φως μου, ή απ’ το Κορδελιό
Τι σε μέλει εσένανε κι όλο με ρωτάς
από ποιο χωριό είμαι εγώ αφού δε μ’ αγαπάς
Απ’ τον τόπο που ήρθα εγώ ξεύρουν ν’ αγαπούν
ξεύρουν τον καημό να κρύβουν, ξεύρουν να γλεντούν
Τι σε μέλει εσένανε κι όλο με ρωτάς
αφού δε με λυπάσαι, φως μου, και με τυραγνάς
Απ' τη Σμύρνη έρχομαι να βρω παρηγοριά
να βρω μες στην Αθήνα μας αγάπη κι αγκαλιά
Τι σε μέλει εσένανε κι όλο με ρωτάς
από ποιο χωριό είμαι εγώ αφού δε μ’ αγαπάς
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