The saltarello was a lively, merry dance first mentioned in Naples during the 14th century. The music survives, but no early instructions for the actual dance are known. It was played at births as well as funerals. It welcomed in the new to this world and also saw out the old. It was supposed to encapsulate the totality of life. Birth and Death.
A joyous but foreboding dance. A jig to be played at a wake.
Favored son
Turn in the garden
Shades of one
Sins forgotten
Favored signs to find hope
In the rounds of life
Favored rhymes to find hope
In the sands of life
Favored son Fence in your heart
Saviored son
Sins forgotten.