Item 01 - A wartime ditty

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MT NAM MEM-0010MSF-03-01

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A wartime ditty

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  • 28/06/2018 (Creation)

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1 audio recording

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An audio recording of Maria Stella 'Esther' Formosa singing a wartime ditty in Maltese about wartime soldiers from Mauritius.

"X’bicca kbira grat go dal-pajjiz
Illi f’ghomri kollu qatt ma rajt
Minn mindu tal-Mawrizju gew go dal-pajjiz
Tghidlek wiehed minnhom jien irrid.
Din mieghu tmur, kull fejn imur
Imbasta minnu din ma tkun mifruda qatt
Imbasta minnu ma tkun mifruda qatt."

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  • Maltese

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    Duration of the audio recording: 00:32 seconds; Format dimensions: Size MP3: 553 KB, Size WAV: 2.97 MB

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    Internal relationship: Related to Maria Stella 'Esther' Formosa interview and photographic materials

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    General keywords: Second World War, Air-raids, Hamrun, Rabat, Shelters, Scabies, Ration, Victory Kitchen, Black market, Soldiers, Hunger

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    Date of cataloguing: 08/01/2020

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