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Do you recognize this music box melody?
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This is a classic Punta song popularized by a Hondureño band, Banda Blanca. It's sung in both Spanish and the Indigenous language of Garifuna
This is pretty close but I'll have to find the sheet music to see if there melody was simplified for a music box mechanism (comb.) The song is just old enough its possible a music box company used the melody, which is super common with music box mechanism makers, so it could've been in the box I'm thinking of (early 1990's.)
I had been thinking it was based on a polka but I can hear how it could be a simplified version of something latin. I've also made a better copy of the music using a proper music box song generator if you'd like to hear a better version: https://mp3tourl.com/audio/1790689146995-42f0d94c-8547-4840-8066-cb42924194dd.mp3
Oh, yeah. I definitely didn't think the music box was inspired by my song. Lol I'm glad you solved it though. Funnily enough, the melody, if it's the right one, was my favorite music box jingle growing up. I had a little one with a dog's face. The eyes would love left and right, and it had a very satisfying click when you wound it up.