Mamko Moja

Mamko Moja ("Ej mamko, mamko, mamënko moja" ("Oh mother, my mother") ) is a Slovak Roma folk song. With the words "Mamko moja ja še vam už vydam, bo me pita z poza huri cigan, a či ja ce zato vychovala, žeby ja ce za cigana dala" and so on, it is a wedding song about a girl who desperately wanted to get married, which first appeared in male choruses on Moravian and Slovakian folk poetry. It has been partly attributed to Leoš Janáček. The Megitza 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.