Archive of Korean Traditional Folk Songs

(Jindo, Jeonnam Province/ Bak, Saek-gu(81yrs)/ 1989)

◆ This is the song taffy sellers used to sing while selling their goods. The Taffy Seller's Songs which have been handed down until now are mostly songs that people heard and learnt from the sellers who visited villages. However this song is believed to have been learnt from a Pansori singer who adapted the taffy seller's song of the time.

(Content of Song)
“It is a thick and cheap taffy
It is delicious, with good color and shining with oil
It is taffy made with sincerity after offering 100-day prayers at Geumgang Mountain
I'll sell them cheap so come along
There is no one who will give you taffy for free”

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