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'''Mikiel Abela Il-Bambinu''' was born in Żejtun on the 16th of August 1920. [[File:Mikiel Abela Il-Bambinu.jpg|320px|thumb|right|Mikiel Abela Il-Bambinu]]
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He was brought up and lived in his father’s farmhouse that is located between Il-Qajjenza and Marsaxlokk. He was famous for his ''makkjetti'' and for his ballads. Amongst his most famous is ''Id-Destin ta' Pawlu l-Bies'', ''Il-Fenech Inviżibbli'', about Ċikku Fenech, sought by the police for a murder, and ''L-Ingliż li ġie miekul b'ħuta fil-Bajja ta' San Tumas'', about Jack Smedley, an Englishman eaten by a great white shark in St. Thomas Bay on 20 July 1956. Most of his ballads were published as chapbooks. 
 
Ballad writing requires intensive research and fieldwork. If the story revolved about a serious crime that was to be resolved by a jury, Abela would attend all the court sessions to observe the occurrences and be precise in his writings. Twenty of Bambinu's ballads were published in Cassar's 1988 biography entitled ''Il-Bambinu: għana u poeżija'', that was published by Sensiela Kotba Soċjalisti. Recalled for his open commitment to the Partit Laburista, he is refered to as ''Il-Għannej tal-Partit'' (The party's folksinger).
 
Abela was proud of his hometown, and its reputation of being the mecca for Maltese folksinging. He sung thus:
 
 
                  ''Trid idur sebat irħula''         
                  ''Biex forsi ssib għannej''       
                  ''Iż-Żejtun jitwieled tifel'',     
                  ''Joħroġ jgħanni jekk jibqa' ħaj!'' 
 
 
                  You have to go through seven villages
                  To perhaps come across a folksinger
                  In Żejtun a boy is born,
                  He comes out singing if stays alive!
 
 
 
 
[[Category:A-Z of the Malta Music Scene]]
[[Category:Singers from Malta]]
[[Category:Għannejja]]

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