Ileana Sărăroiu

Biography

Ileana Sărăroiu (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈle̯ana sərəˈroiu]) (25 September 1936, Valea Voievozilor, Dâmbovița County – 12 May 1979, Unirea, Călărași County) was a Romanian singer of traditional and popular folk music. Her two signature songs are: "Doi voinici din Valea Mare" (Two Handsome Lads from Valea Mare) and "Unde e Târgoviștea" (Where is Târgoviște?). The first is a song about two lads who go hunting and encounter two sisters whom they end up marrying. The second is the story of a sad old mother who waits for her son in a train station. She does not see anybody come except a girl who she has never seen before; the girl turns out to be the wife of her son.
While singing at a wedding reception, Sărăroiu suddenly collapsed and died from a brain aneurysm in 1979 at the age of 42.

Songs

Doi voinici din Valea Mare (Two handsome lads from Valea Mare)
Unde e Târgoviștea on YouTube (Where is Târgoviște?)
Vrei să ne-ntâlnim sâmbătă seară? (Do you want to meet on Saturday evening?)
Cine-a pus cârciuma în drum... (Who made the pub on the road...)
Inimioara cu dor mult (Little heart with much longing)
Asta seara stam aici pana dimineata on YouTube (Tonight we will be partying till morning)
Da-ar naiba in tine dragoste (Love, be damned!)
Foaie verde spic de grau on YouTube (You green leaf, wheat ear)
Fir-ar ceasu' afurisit (That hour, be doomed!)
Pasarica, muta-ti cuibul (Little Bird, move your nest!)
De ce oare eu te-am cunoscut (Why did I ever meet you?)
Inima de dor nu stii (Heart, you don't know the longing)
Inima... (Heart...)