Especially if it is a wedding song, it may have been collected fairly recently(by someone who is still actively collecting) and may not be familar to anyone from outside the area where it was collected, and the only recording may be the one that the collector made--(Eastern European folk music is still being actively collected, and a surprising amount of material is better known to Western Int'l Folkie types--Academics, collectors, folkdancers and ethnic music performers, than it is to folks from the country of origin)--

Of course, another possibility is that some song that we Western types think is some obscure, mysterious sort of ethnic relic, is in fact a recent pop hit from the country of origin--

I learned a wonderful Albanian tune at a Balkan music workshop, and later asked an albanian exile friend about it, he informed me that rather than having been collected from some mountain village(as was claimed bythe teacher) it was a widely known and recorded song, and that the transcriber obviously didn't know her Albanian, as the words were all screwed up--He wrote them out in proper Albanian for me, which got me into trouble with another Balkanophile friend who insisted that the "teacher" walked on water--but I digress--

The above mentioned Jane Sugarman is a much respected expert in folk music, dance, and customs Albanian, and has done a bit of writing on wedding customs as well, if you can find her, she probably be able to help you to find out more about this song--


As per Albanian Christmas music, keep in mind that most Albanians are Muslims--still there are some Orthodox and RC Albanians in the US--there is a good sized orthodox congregation in Philly, on 17th Street, I think--you could probably look them up and give a call, an active church with many friendly folks, as I recall--