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The movie was produced by Sampaguita Pictures and the folksong Manang Biday was used as a theme song sung by Gloria Romero herself. [ 8 ] Manang Biday was the title of a Filipino comedy film directed by Tony Cayado and was released by Lea Productions 17 April 1966 starring Amalia Fuentes and Luis Gonzales .
"Hora Unirii" [1] [2] ('Hora of the Union') is a poem by Vasile Alecsandri, published in 1856. The music of the song was composed by Alexandru Flechtenmacher [].The song is sung and danced especially on 24 January, the anniversary of the day in which the Romanian United Principalities were formally united in 1859. [3]
The full song comprises five stanzas. Some versions, including the United Methodist Hymnal [4] and Lutheran Book of Worship, [5] omit verse three, while others (including The Hymnal 1982) omit verse four. [8] Several variations also exist to Sears' original lyrics.
Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his 1961 album 101 Gang Songs. Crosby also used the song as part of a round with his family, as captured on the 1976 album Bing Crosby Live at the London Palladium. Aimee Mann included a brief interpolation in her 1996 song "Choice in the Matter".
Strophic form – also called verse-repeating form, chorus form, AAA song form, or one-part song form – is a song structure in which all verses or stanzas of the text are sung to the same music. [1] Contrasting song forms include through-composed, with new music written for every stanza, [1] and ternary form, with a contrasting central section.
One of the earliest recordings, using the original racist lyrics, was released by Harry C. Browne in 1916 (Columbia COL A-2218). [citation needed]A 1955 novelty recording of the song by The Singing Dogs reached No. 22 on the US Billboard Pop Singles chart, [20] and No. 13 in the UK.
The lyrics have been translated from English into other languages and modified slightly to fit rhythmic and cultural requirements. In most languages below, it is still sung as a children's song to the same tune. In Afrikaans the song is called Ou Oom Klasie het 'n plaas (meaning "Old Uncle Claus has a farm"). [13]
The song is about a man trying to get a Papaya sprout, eventually falling. The woman tries to find someone else to get the papaya sprout, but the man eventually convinces her to let him get the papaya sprout, [2] stating “Love me, I’m a brave man. I have seven large knives and nine guns. I’m going to walk to that table.