Heartbeatgoa.memories -Greatest Konkani Song Hits - Newsletter #5 - Francis Rodrigues, Toronto

"A long, long, time ago, on graduation day....." The handsome crooner with the swept-back coifsmiled into the microphone, and a million girlsswooned at his richly-toned: "Roses are red my love, violets are blue......" If you grew up in the 60's and 70's anywhere inthe Konkani diaspora - Goa, Mangalore, E. Africa,Daman, the Gulf States, Sri Lanka, Portugal /anywhere in the West, you couldn't miss Jim Reeves! Almost one hundred and fifty years before, in thequiet Goan hamlet of Curtorim, another "Jim", thetroubador Ligorio Costa sang: "Rosy pink are thy cheeks..."(Tambdde Roza tuje polle...) Roza of course is taken from the Portuguese"rozad" or pink. The lovely damsel is unhappy! She needs her father's uncertain permission tomarry her sweetheart. And yet the local 'richRomeos' keep swirling and romancing her! These cool dudes had a fascinating moniker -"Mhotte Aulistes". You'll find all this - and tons of more riches -in the "Greatest Konkani Song Hits" volume. Youknow it all by now - music, lyrics, translations! Twenty-five days left to August 20th.......steadynow... "Tambdde Roza"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuyUeHs2w_U Enjoy! Musically yours,Francis.