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"The Devil and the bagpipe" (2)

"Dumnezeu a făcut fluierul şi oaia în timp ce diavolul a făcut cimpoiul şi capra" [God made the flute [whistle] and the sheep, while the devil made the bagpipe and the goat], which is a popular variant of the old narrative.

Sources

Alexandru, Tiberiu: Instrumentele muzicale ale poporului român. Bucureşti, 2014 (Reprint of Instrumentele muzicale ale poporului romîn, Bucureşti, 1956), p.46/6 (»Mihăilescu).