Mamko Moja ("Ej mamko, mamko, mamënko moja" ("Oh mother, my mother")) is a
Slovak Roma folk song.
It is a traditional a wedding song about a girl who desperately wants to get married, which first appeared in male choruses on
Moravian and
Slovak folk poetry.
It has been partly attributed to
Leoš Janáček
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The
Megitza
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Quartet performed the song live on ABC7's "Chicagoing" with Bill Campbell in September 2009. The Roma folk group Goranie have also performed the song.
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Slovak songs
Romani culture
Wedding songs
Romani in Slovakia
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