Ameriketan ez dakizute (I)

Audio file
Date recorded: January 3, 1953 to January 4, 1953
Contributor(s): Performer: Ignacio Eizmendi (Basarri); Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: bertso
Culture: Basque, Spanish
Instruments: voice
Location: Ondarroa, Vizcaya, País Vasco, Spain
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T775
Track Number: 13
Archive ID: T775R13
Note: Song about Basque emigration, extolling hometown Ondarroa. Bertsolari song in zortziko handia structure. Sung by composer.
Belongs to: Ondarroa 1/53
About the session: Alan Lomax returned to the Basque Country at the end of his stay in Spain, driving back and forth between small villages over the last two days of December 1952 and the first few days of January 1953. Earlier Basque recordings were made in August 1952.
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