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Posted in Filipino Music & Artists on 01/06/2010 10:10 pm by adminfolk music philippines
History Leron Leron Sinta?
Such as where it orignated in, what the song used for, what the instruments used, and how important The folk music is in the Philippines. Thanks a lot if you can help. 
And maybe also some background history of the Filipino folk? Thanks again
Excerpts from the http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t50235.html Leron, Leron, Sinta Leron, Leron, darling, [Leron, Leron, my love], Buko ng papaya , [Up a tree papaya], carried dala'y successful shot in basketball [to him a basket of new] Sisidlan a darling; [To hold the fruit for me]. Coming to dulo'y [But when he reached the top] broke his limbs, [a branch broke off in haste], Shortness Fate [ 'Twas such a bad luck], Finds others. [The lost one please change]. Contextual Information This folk song was collected from a Northern California woman (no age or race given) in the late 1960s. He described "Leron, Leron, Sinta" as a work song. "During the papaya harvest time, men and women, young and old, bring ladders (510 ft high) and large basket and follow the footpath to the garden papaya. The ladders are set against the trees and very good, the people climb the ladder, and yield nearly ripened fruit (still solid and has patches of orange here and there) one at a time. Harvesters see here that the result will learn: no bruises or blotches insure superior ripening. "information interpretation" In this particular song, the young man climbs the tree carries a large bamboo basket which he plans to put the fruits for his loved ones one. But as he climbed up higher, the branch broke. In his poor luck, he has to look for love another woman. Filipinos look at life in many ways and putting them in songs, they sing in the fields, in orchards, or in boats or ships at sea. Nothing of how hard they work, they always manage to inject humor here and there in their daily activities and attractive melodies are able to turn the fatigue chores to satisfactory. "* Item from UC Berkeley folklore Archives Annotation: Ramon Tapales and Gonzalo Z. Aniban, Singing and Growing, Teachers' Manual for Grades One and Two, London: sage, Inc. 1967. p. 122. Hope this helps!
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