Since the Halloween 2019 is approaching fast - we decided to talk a bit about an old Polish Tango - titled "The Bats" - uploaded by Dr. 240252 - ironically - in June of 2011 - instead of during the Halloween season since the magnificent, morbid visuals would lend themselves to Halloween holiday. The title of the video is - "Polish Tango - Tadeusz Falishewski: Nietoperze - (The Bats) - 1931".
The lyrics - well translated by Dr. 240252 - are masterfully written by Jan Brzechwa who also wrote super good children's verses which were cheery and not morbid like these lyrics. I memorized his verses as a child. Here are most lyrics of this Tango - translated into English by Dr. 240252:
"Like bats/we have night secrets/
we listen to the echoes of the big city/
we avoid the traps/like boogeymen we
fly into the darkness of the night/
half mice/half birds/we plunge into the
silence of the night/our pleasures are
guarded by the moon."
Jan Brzechwa - the lyricist - is using a poetic device called the "double entendree" - comparing the bats to people in love. The music of this magnificent Tango was composed by Fanny Gordon - a Polish Jewess whose real name is Fajga Jofe. She composed a number of terrific Tangoes which played in her head - first - which she subsequently recorded musically with the help of her friend/pianist. She - eventually - learned the musical theory much later in life and even taught it. Her turbulent life story could be made into a good movie.
You need to read the viewers comments as well as those written by Dr. 240252 - if you want to quickly - learn about a lot of interesting stuff. Yours truly - also made a comment which Dr. 240252 answered in a most intriguing manner - his trademark.
At any rate - all of us will have a great last week of October 2019. Happy Halloween 2019 to all! Thanks as always for clicking our YouTube channel tango3721 and we shall meet again - a week from today - same time - same place and same channel!
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