(حلوة يا بلدي (داليدا - Helwa ya Baladi (Dalida Acoustic Cover) - 2022 One Take series #63

I love the Arabic language, and my adventures in Egypt as a young man will certainly be the most magical and exciting time I ever had - the Egyptian people were so amazing to this Ohio boy learning Egyptian dialect...I think most of them thought I was crazy!

This song is about remembering your place of birth and all your memories about it. A very beautiful song, and I hope Arabic speakers are patient with my accent and understand my respect for the language! Here is the original by Dalida - IMHO, the "he" she is singing of can be construed as her homeland, and that is my intention:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox2vAPd51dQ

2022 One Take series; pick up the guitar, and hit "record" for one go around - and see how it goes! No edit, no retakes, no amplification. My goal is to work through my playbook alphabetically (more or less) in the year, recording a video every day.