What do I think of this?

Love it! This is how to do a bit of gypsy music. The Czechs should take note. Nelly are her troupe of arm-linking braced up dancers are sure to be having a wonderful time, prancing round the stage to this ethno clap-trap. It celebrates a form of dancing, usually in a circle and performed across the Balkans. This is the key here as it will get bucket-loads of votes from that particularly area of our wonderful Eurozone (and beyond). Hey (or should I say "He Hey"), even I may give it a vote. Everybody.."Rrrraaagh, he hey, he hey"

KPI's - pants with piping, braces, purple bootees, smiles

One autumn morning in a small village in the south of Moldova a young woman prayed to her god; she asked: "Give me, My God, a girl who would become a singer!". So on October, 28th 1974 in the village of ??nia in the Kantemirsky region, Nelly Ciobanu entered this life.
She is a bright, beautiful girl with captivating charisma; from her first moments on stage she has stunned her audiences with her unique ability to capture a hall with her resonant voice.

Eminent musicians were heard to say "This girl has a brilliant future". After the Sea of Friends competition in 1998, Nelly's silver voice echoed along the Black Sea coast of Yalta. She took the third prize in the contest and won the permanent devotion of the audience. The crowd enthusiastically bade farewell to "the Moldavian nightingale" with a standing ovation. All of Moldova held its breath as it watched Nelly's performance at the New Wave contest in Jürmala in 2003. Even though she won the second prize, all of the participants, spectators, and juries declared that the Moldavian singer Nelly Ciobanu was the most important discovery of the festival.

Three years ago Nelly became a happy mum, and she dedicates her performance in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 to her small daughter who became for her the most important audience in the world.

Hora din Moldova

Hei hei... e la te nane
Hei hei hei hei... e la te na
U... o... o...

(Ra! Ra!)

Peste dealuri peste vai
Duce vântul hora noastra (Ru!)
Soapta plina de vapai
Revarsata peste zari

Sai lalai la... si zborul
Sai lalai la... duce dorul
Dans de foc al iubirii joc
E hora din Moldova (Ru!)

Când o iubesti te rasfata
Când o-nvârtesti iti da viata
Toti cu foc se avânta-n joc
E cu noroc

(Ra, he hei, he hei)
(Hai la hora, hai la hora din Moldova)
(Ra, he hei, he hei)
(Lute-i hora, lute-i hora în Moldova)

(Ra, he hei, he hei)
(Hai la hora, hai la hora din Moldova)
(Ra he hei, he hei)
(Lute-i hora, lute-i hora în Moldova)

Foaie verde-a bobului, mai (Hop hop si-asa)
Pai jucati hora neamului (...)
Si zi-i mai tare lautare
Sa se-auda-n lumea mare
Joaca hora mic si mare
Hop si-a sa mai

Peste vai, peste mari
Tot cu drag ne-nvârte ea
Hora din strabuni
Vatra plaiului
Joaca neamului

(Ra!) Sai lai la... (He hei)
(Ra!) Sa lalai la... (He hei)
(Ra!) Sa lai lalalai lalalai lala...

(Ra!) Sa lai la... (He hei)
(Ra!) Sa lalai la... (He hei)
(Ra!) Sa lai lalalai lalai lalai he...

(Ra! He hei) Sai lai la... (Hei)
(Ra! He hei) Sai lalai la... (Hei)
(Ra! He hei) Sai lai lalalai lalai lalala he...

(Ra! He hei) Sai lai la... (Hei)
(Ra! He hei) Sai lalai la... (Hei)
(Ra! He hei) Sai lai lalalai lalai hei hoi hei...

Hora din Moldova

Hey hey... e la te nane
Hey hey hey hey... e la te na
Ooh... oh... oh...

(Ra! Ra!)

Over hills, over valleys
The wind brings our dance (Ru!)
Murmur full of fire
Overflowing the horizon

Shai lalai la... and the flight
Shai lalai la... brings sorrow
In the fire of a love's game
It's the dance from Moldova (Ru!)

When you love, I caress
When you spin, I give my life
All with fire come in the game
It's lucky

(Ra, he hey, he hey)
(Come to the dance, come to the dance from Moldova)
(Ra, he hei, he hei)
(The dance is hot, the dance from Moldova is hot)

(Ra, he hey, he hey)
(Come to the dance, come to the dance from Moldova)
(Ra he hei, he hei)
(The dance is hot, the dance from Moldova is hot)

The grean leaf of a pea plant, more (Jump, jump around)
Come play our dance (...)
Come shout louder, musician
So all people can hear it
Both the young and the older
Jump, jump around, more

Over valleys, over seas
Still spinning us with love
The dance from our ancestors
The fire on the field
People's joy

(Ra!) Shai lai la... (He hey)
(Ra!) Sha lalai la... (He hey)
(Ra!) Sha lai lalalai lalalai lala...

(Ra!) Sha lai la... (He hey)
(Ra!) Sha lalai la... (He hey)
(Ra!) Sha lai lalalai lalai lalai he...

(Ra! He hey) Shai lai la... (Hey)
(Ra! He hey) Shai lalai la... (Hey)
(Ra! He hey) Shai lai lalalai lalai lalala he...

(Ra! He hey) Shai lai la... (Hey)
(Ra! He hey) Shai lalai la... (Hey)
(Ra! He hey) Shai lai lalalai lalai hei hoi hei...