Folk & Traditional Romanian Music: Listen & Learn about It

‘’ Sanie Cu Zurgalai’’ (Romanian for ‘’Sleigh with Bells’’) is a Romanian song written in 1936 by Jewish composer Richard Stein, lyrics were written by Liviu Deleanu. The song was recorded in 1937 by Silvian Florin and Petre Alexandru. The song has since been reworked and arranged by numerous musicians in many languages. The most famous recordings are by Les Paul under the title ‘’Johnny is a boy for me’’ (1952) in English, Edith Piaf (1953), Vaya con Dios (1988) as ‘’ Johnny, Tu n’es pas un ang