The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #7975 Message #48849
Posted By: Jerry Friedman
10-Dec-98 - 11:39 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Tzena, Tzena, Tzena (Weavers, et al.)
Subject: RE: Lyrics for Tzena, Tzena
Another treat, on a public-TV special, was Arlo Guthrie explaining this as a Gaelic folksong about sweet young Tsena Tsena Tsena Tsena, who is in love with "handsome, heavy-duty Alna Alna Alna Alna".