This web-section consists of a collection of the very popular traditional Maltese songs, mostly being released in the 60 and early 80s. Some are love songs and other are dedicated to our country of Malta by patriotic authors. The most popular titles are "Xemx", "Inti djamant", "L-ahhar bidwi f'Wied il-Ghasel", "Lil Ommi", "Mur hallini u itlaq l'hemm", "il-Festa", "Niftakar fik", and "L-ewwel tfajla li habbejt".

There are also some songs which are locally called as 'Ghana' and are a major part of the Maltese folklore songs. Ghana was sung in the past by maltese peasants and poor people for many years as a way of entertainment. Two of the most famous "ghannejja" (ghana singers) were Fredu Abela (also known as il-Bamboccu) who sadly passed away in 2004 and Frans Baldacchino, known as 'il-Budaj' who also passed away.

A famous rock singer who is much loved by the Maltese both for his friendly character and his great music, mostly released in the late 70s is Freddie Portelli. His songs are either love songs or dedicated to Malta, such as his famous hit - Viva Malta. There are hundreds of good songs which can be placed in the list, but the ones selected here are undoubtfully the best classic maltese songs ever ; all of them have a large nostalgic, patriotic or romantic character.

Included are also the lyrics from some songs - a great idea for Karaoke lovers!    If the lyrics column of the corresponding song is marked 'YES' you can click upon this 'Yes' link to have the lyrics displayed on an own and different window. Lyrics of songs are updated continuously and gradually. Anyone who wants to contribute lyrics or songs email us - we would be very glad to enlarge and enhance this page. We are also searching for the following songs:   Lanca gejja u ohra sejra,   il-Merill Twitt Twitt,   Bum bum il-bieb, and other old traditional songs not in the list. Those who contribute 6 MP3 songs gets a free anual membership.

This musical treasure (189 titles), can be all yours for an annual subscription that is equivalent to less than 0.20c Euro per song. A demo tour page is also available to check and evaluate things out. All songs below are present in the member's area for downloading and are the first 100 of the list. Remembr that the list currently have 189 songs!!

I would like to thank some friends who helped me in finding more song titles or have supplied information or lyrics. Thanks very much goes to Renato Zerafa, Vincent Difesa, Toni Farrugia, A.J.Grech, Rosanne 'Cyberix' and Stephen Rizzo.

1. Mar 2009: 9 Maltese songs have been added to the list and now our jukebox holds 182 music files. It is getting always closer to the 200 mark!!! I leave it for you to discover the new songs added up in this update, but here are some hints: Bamboccu, George Azzopardi, Pawlu Tanti, Angolina, Merill Twitt Twitt.... Almost half of these songs were contributed to by V. Difesa - thanks buddy!



2. Jan 2009: A page dedicated to the legendary group of the New Cuorey formed by Sammy Bartolo, Joe S. Grech, Paul Abela and Joe Bartolo has been created on www.Diskimaltin.com thanks to the cortesy of Mr. Joe S. Grech. This page features the last CD Album released by this group.
   
   

   Visit the page dedicated to the New Cuorey

   We have also improved the display of the menu, and thanks to some members we identified few songs which were unknown to us. Few more of old songs are soon to be included in the list. Happy New 2009!



3. Jun 2008: Numerous songs have been included in the members area, and now the DiskiMaltin songcount has risen from 126 to 160 songs!!! All members will have these songs for free. There are some songs which we do not know their author, so please if you can tell us, just send an E-mail Furthermore, there are 2 songs which we do not know the title and author. [Unknown song 1]    [Unknown song 2]



4. Mar 2008: 6 new songs (4 of which where requested by members) have been added: Il-Kaccatur, L-Ghanja tal-Emigranti, Kien Zball Tieghek, Inkunu Flimkien, Ghajjut u Hruq and il-Birthday tal-Mama



5. Nov 2007: About 20 new songs have been included in the list in the last 3 months. These are given for free to existant members.



6. Aug 2007: Upon request of many members, the Maltese Songs webpage is now hosted on its own domain name: www.DiskiMaltin.com
   This url address is much more easy to type and remember! The old pages will still be working normally, however we suggest that you should change your bookmarks to www.diskimaltin.com or www.diskimaltin.com/songs/ for the members area.



7. Aug 2007: Due to some 200 spam emails per day, from the 31st August 2007, the old email address will be removed. You should contact the administrator on the new email: info*@*diskimaltin.com or [click here] to send an email now.
   (remove the * from the address - for antispam purposes).



8. Jun 2006: The yearly news email-letter (every July) will be stopped being sent by email and instead, the news are displayed in this column.

1. Ninni La tibkiex izjed, and other folklore Christmas carols (Eg: Greenfields)


2. Lanca gejja u ohra sejra (Traditional)


3. Toninu s-Sajjied by Joe James


4. Mummy mummy tini daqxejn


5. Ghaziza Ommi


6. Ghadna zghar by Ray Axisa


7. Ittantajtli l-gharusa by Renald Abela


8. L-avukat tal-karozzin by Mikiel Abela il-bambinu


9. Ave Marija by Mikiel Abela il-bambinu


10. O Mama by Galea


11. Ajma zaqqi kemm ksuhat (vocal version)


12. Vocal version of Bum, Bum il-bieb, ongijjo ongijjo ingella (Traditional)