Paseabase el rey moro (Mudejar/Begoña Olavide)

Romance de origen arabe del siglo XV-XVI Performers: Mudejar (Begoña Olavide) Images: Various Alhambra photo: The courtyard of Lions by Victor Ovies ( ) “Paseabase el rey moro“ is a ballad that Perez de Hita (1544-1619) considered to be a translation from Arabic; he tells the following tale: “The Count of Tendilla felt obliged to prohibit this ballad because it stirred up the populace to such a degree as to disturb the peace and make it necessary to resort t