1. Ah ya zen .................................................. 2
2. An Eriskay Love Lilt ................................... 2
3. Ash-o-chella visho buska........................... 2
4. As I went down to the river to pray............. 2
5. Ay .............................................................. 2
6. Baba Yetu ................................................. 3
7. Bam ba...................................................... 3
8. Beemsha ................................................... 3
9. Big Three: Hay tumba (Brazil) / Sealo /
Nyaning boh (Sierra Leone).............................. 3
10.
Bigger Picture ........................................ 3
11.
Black-eyed Susan .................................. 4
12.
Blowing up a storm ................................ 4
13.
Boris ...................................................... 4
14.
Broken ................................................... 5
15.
By the rivers of Babylon ......................... 6
16.
Can’t you see the clouds ........................ 6
17.
Charming bells ....................................... 6
18.
Dancing Circles...................................... 6
19.
Didn’t leave nobody but the baby ........... 6
20.
Dream well ............................................. 6
21.
DUERME NEGRITO .............................. 6
22.
EL FUSILADO ....................................... 7
23.
Esti Dal .................................................. 7
24.
Eyes and ears ........................................ 7
25.
Freedom coming .................................... 7
26.
PEOPLE GET READY / FREEDOM
TRAIN .............................................................. 7
27.
Gaudete ................................................. 8
28.
Hawaiian Earth Blessing ........................ 8
29.
Hor oh hara dala .................................... 9
30.
I am weeping ......................................... 9
31.
Iy da yeedem jarno ................................ 9
32.
La duma................................................. 9
33.
Malaika .................................................. 9
34.
Mary Mack ........................................... 10
35.
Mutzimu ............................................... 10
36.
Na da ni nai (Georgian) ........................ 10
37.
NKOSI SIKELEL I AFRICA .................. 10
38.
O hurio (Gallic)..................................... 10
39.
Om na moor (from India) ...................... 10
40.
Oo mah, mujah ja bu?.......................... 10
41.
Pebble on my tongue ........................... 11
42.
People get ready.................................. 11
43.
Pico-y pala ........................................... 11
44.
Porridge Song ...................................... 12
45.
Rosa Parks .......................................... 13
46.
See a weh mama noo (from ‘Out of
Africa’) ............................................................ 13
1
47.
Selingeh nya ........................................13
48.
Shackles ..............................................13
49.
Shaoojhee ............................................13
50.
Shine (Kirsty)........................................13
51.
Si si si...................................................13
52.
Slaves Lament .....................................14
53.
Stak stouket .........................................14
54.
Tengi Weh ............................................14
55.
This great sky .......................................15
56.
Tongo tongo .........................................15
57.
Tu eh, tu eh (African) ............................15
58.
Tula mama (Hebrew) ............................15
59.
Twanano ..............................................15
60.
Twerton’s Like a Home .........................15
61.
Un um oo tu tu lu ..................................16
62.
Vetche (Bulgarian)................................16
63.
Wade in the water ................................16
64.
Wairua..................................................16
65.
Waters of Babylon ................................16
66.
Way beyond the blue ............................16
67.
When I walk down the street ................16
68.
Wings of a dove....................................17
69.
Who stole the lock? ..............................17
70.
Working on a building ...........................17
71.
WaterAid 2003 .....................................17
Medi mido kesi (trad. Ghana) ..........................19
Um wegi ta ne (trad. Rwanda).........................19
Return Message (Helen Chadwick) .................19
Okolo Hradišča (trad. Czech) ..........................19
1.
Ah ya zen
Ah ya zen, ah ya zen
Ah ya zen il abiding
Ya ward, Ya ward infatah
Ben il basatin.
Yomen, Shahren,
Sanaten wana bastanak
Ya ward, Ya ward infatah
Ben il basatin.
Ya ghazal ismak
Daiman a’lbal
Ya badr, Ya badri mnawar
Alal ashi’in.
2.
An Eriskay Love Lilt
(Verses sung by tops only; lower voices ‘oo’
during verses))
Chorus:
Vair me o-ro van o
Vair me o-ro van ee
Vair me o-ru o ho
Sad am I without thee
Verse 1:
When I’m lonely, dear white heart
Black the night or wild the sea
By loves light my foot finds
The old pathway to thee
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the starry crown
Good Lord, show me the way.
Oh sisters, let’s go down, let’s go down, come
on down
O sisters, let’s go down, down in the river to
pray.
As I went down ….wear the robe and crown ….
Oh brothers, let’s go down, let’s go down, come
on down …….
As I went down ….. wear the starry crown …
Oh fathers, let’s go down, let’s go down, come
on down ……..
As I went down ….. wear the robe and crown …
Oh mothers, let’s go down, let’s go down, come
on down …….
As I went down ….. wear the starry crown …
Oh sinners, let’s go down, let’s go down, come
on down ….
As I went down …. wear the robe and crown ….
5.
Ay
Verse 2:
Thou’rt the music of my heart
Harp of joy oh cruit mo chridh*
Moon of guidance by night
Strength and light thou’rt to me
Ay Sandunga, Sandunga mama por dios
Sandunga no seas ingrata
Mama de mi corazon
*cruit mo chridh (pronounced ‘crootch mo cree’)
= ‘harp of my heart’
Ante noche fua tu casa
Tres golpes le dial candado
Tu no sirves par(a) amores
Tienes el sueno pesado
3.
Ash-o-chella visho buska
Ash-o-chella visho buska
Oh (o) na na, na na, ee a, na ni na
Semonobus gayga peeli
Oh (o) na na, na na, ee a, na ni na
Oh –
Oh na na, na ni na
Oh na na, na ni na
4.
As I went down to the river to
pray
As I went down to the river to pray
2
La la la....
La la la...
6.
Baba Yetu
Part 1
Baba yetu-u-li-ay
Hu-ku ju(m) – bin-gu-ni
Jina laku li tu kuzwe
mi-lele na milele (eh eh)
Nyanin bo, yi yeh tee pee
Nyanin bo, taffa taffa
Nyanin bo, yi eh tee pee
Nyanin bo, oh yeh
x2
(joining) Nyanin bo x 4
Part 2
(u-fal-) may wako u je
Ma penzi yako yati mizwe
Jina la mugu
baba litu kuzwe x2
Sealo, sealo, seala, a la moon gah
Sealo, sealo, seala, a la moon gah
Way ah, way ah, way ah, way eko
Ee yeh, ee yeh, ee yeh
10.
Part 3
Baba na kupenda
Baba na ku sefu
Baba na kupenda
Baba na ku sefu
Si fu
B
T
A
S
Part 3 (Bass part)
Li tu kuzwe, oh baba
Baba of baba, oh baba
Na ku seefu, seefu
Part 1 repeat
7.
x7
Bam ba
Sister, come go to glory with me
Brother, come go to glory with me
Beemsha
x2
Reelum rollum, reelum rollum railum x 4
Reelum rollum ro
Oh reelum rollum railum
Reelum rollum ro
Maculteen coruk jalak
9.
RRRWW-WW-R-RRRR
RRR-WW-WWW-RR-R
-RRR-WRW-RWW-RR
--RRR-WWW-WWRRR
Tenor:
Years into months into weeks into days
From hours to minutes to seconds,
From seconds to minutes to hours to days
Into weeks into months into years
x2
Beemsha steel e gaul
Is Beemsha lo in laba
Beem macree I yoh
Ne veen ma folie jalav
Bigger Picture
Bass:
Shedding your skin is an act of revolution
Touching the sky, an act of revolution
Following a whim, an act of revolution,
Walking the earth, revolution
Bam ba Lord
Bam ba mi Lord
8.
x2
x2
Big Three: Hay tumba (Brazil)
/ Sealo / Nyaning boh (Sierra
Leone)
Hay tumba, de ay tumba
De ay taba dum
Ay taba dum – uh
Sha la la la – du ay tumba du ay
(joining bit) sha la la la x 4
3
Alto:
And it took all that time
Just to find yourself, to find yourself
That’s how long it had to take
And it was well worth every moment.
Soprano:
Been doing some hard travelling,
Been working quiet magic,
Been looking at the bigger picture –
It’s here and now.
11.
Black-eyed Susan
Twenty days walking so lonely and talking to
myself and the rocks and sand
Got me a-thinking 'bout going out drinking in a
tavern with a clean-shaven man
Just when I thought all the souls had been
bought by the devil here long ago
There did I see when I knelt to my knee a little
Texas flower grow
Chorus:
Black-eyed Susan by the roadside blooming
All yellow like sunshine, red like wine
Flower like you in a desert this cruel
My my you're a rare rare find
Well my new-found friend gave my heart a mend
Sang her songs of my wayward ways
As the day turned to night in the crystal
moonlight
I confirmed her unwavering gaze.
As the days unravelled I stayed in the gravel
And Susan kept her eye on me
With my eye on her felt my heart stir
With the joy of camaraderie.
12.
Blowing up a storm
Blowing up a storm
Blowing up a storm
We are blowing, blowing, blowing up a storm
Listen to the wind
Blowing, listen to the wind
Blowing
Blowing up a storm
Blowing up a storm…..
Can’t you see the clouds gathering
Don’t let it be youwait too long
There’s a brand new feeling in the air
Gather up, gather up, it’s gonna rain.
13.
Boris
Ens.
When the tender bullet Clearly ringing
Struck your dawn – no deaths toll now this
Only music ring-ing
Only music ring-ing
But music ringing tenderly as thought
A death unclouded
This your tender bullet clearly ringing.
In name of thought of one last love
The name
The shot that burgeoned in the air became a
rose
4
Barbarian fury cut you down
and yet your name is ringing like a flower called
the rose Ringing like a rose … a rose
Ringing like a rose
In name of thought
ln name of love Your name Your Name a rose
Your thought is like a lucid morning in northern
field by summer seas
And in you now your new days morning
ls night in dreams of summer seas
R -o-o-o-o-o-se
Your tender bullet clearly ringing.
14.
Broken
Broken cheeri Anna Hallen
Broken cheeri Anna Hallen
Ikee air maglinyeh voy
Shuter vee maglinyeh voy
(Oh) Vish Ker Harren Nol de goin
(Oh) Vish Ker Harren Nol de goin
(Oh) Vish Ker Harren Nol de goin
Harry a tarrier cavelorn
Hair Herra Heldi x3
Vish Ker Harrn nol de goin
Harry A tarrier Cavelorn
5
Brokken Cheeri Cheeri Cheeri
Brokken Mor Iss grimar
Ikee air ma skut sheneen
Ikee shut ma golen voy
Harro chi dol nyeh nyair
Harry a tarrier cavalorn
Cor Harren dol nyeh nyair
Cor Harren dol sihn yeh
Cor harren dol nyeh nyair
15.
By the rivers of Babylon
By the rivers of Babylon, where we laid down x2
Oh o we wept when we remembered Zion
Carry us away captivity required of us a song
But how can we sing the Lord’s song in a
strange land?
May the power of our minds
And the meditation of our hearts
Be acceptable in thy sight
Here tonight.
16.
Can’t you see the clouds
Can’t you see the clouds gathering
Don’t let it be you wait too long
There’s a brand new feeling in the air
Gather up, gather up
It’s gonna rain.
17.
Charming bells
(We are) almost home, we are almost home,
We are almost home,
Ring them charming bells.
Come along sisters x 4
Ring them charming bells
Come along brothers….
Come along children ….
Come along people …..
Repeat verse 1
18.
Dancing Circles
When we people live our lives
As if it were a song for singing out of light
It makes the music for the stars
To be dancing circles in the night
19.
Didn’t leave nobody but the
baby
Go to sleep, you little baby
Go to sleep, you little baby
Your mama’s gone away and your daddy’s gone
to stay
Didn’t leave nobody but the baby.
Go to sleep, you little baby
Go to sleep, you little baby
Everybody’s gone in the cotton and the corn
Didn’t leave nobody but the baby.
You’re a sweet little baby,
You’re a sweet littly baby,
6
Honey in the rock and the sugar don’t stop
Gonna bring a bottle to the baby.
Don’t you weep, little baby
Don’t you weep, little baby
She’s long gone with her red shoes on
Gonna need another lovin’ baby.
Go to sleep, you little baby
Go to sleep, you little baby
You and me and the devil makes three
Don’t need no other lovin’ baby.
Go to sleep, you little baby
Go to sleep, you little baby
Come and lay your bones on the alabaster
stones
And be my ever-lovin’ baby.
20.
Dream well
Dream well, dream slow,
To soothe the soul, to calm the storm
You gotta dream well, dream slow
To soothe the soul, to calm the storm
Gotta dream slow, to soothe the soul, to calm
the storm
Tried to remember that dream,
But I woke up too quickly, and then it got lost
So I spent the whole day looking over my
shoulder
For some kind of memory trigger, yeah
I got so much to do today
And I keep wondering why I feel so tired
Trying to fit a thousand jobs into one hour
And chasing my own tail
I’m a jack of all trades and a master of none
Make a little space and take some time,
Easy words to say,
But the world spins so fast
I’m running to stand still.
I wanna wear the sunset
And watch the clouds changing shape.
Dream…
21.
DUERME NEGRITO
Duerme duerme negrito,
que tu mama esta en el campo negrito (mobila)
Te va traer (codornices) Para ti
" (rica fruita) "
"
(carne de cerdo) "
"
(muchas cosas) "
y si el negro no se duerme viene el diablo
blanco
Y zas le come la patita,
Chacapumba, Chacapumba, a pumba,
chacapumba
Duerme (repeat)
Trabahando, trabahando duramente,
trabahando si
"
e va de luto "
"
e no le pagan
"
e va tosiendo "
22.
EL FUSILADO
"
(Click!)
Listen close to this crooked mouth
for my story I will tell -o
Lived in mexico --- by the name of Wenslaslao
Miguelo
(Cilck!)
Left my home in Santiago,
in the heart of the city of Merida
Served with my brothers and sisters o, for the
army of Pancho Villa
CHORUS (Clap!)
Stand me straight against the nearest wall
Line up your bravest soldiors o
10 good shots Ill take them all, they call me El
Fusilado
(Click!)
The federales captured me,
bound up my arms with wire,
Officer came, he said, take your aim, steady
your guns and fire-o
(Click!)
Bullet holes all across my chest
ripped up my shirt and my body-o
heart beat on through the silenced guns to the
rhythm of life inside me-o
10 good shots I took them all and lived to tell my
story
CHORUS x 3 (Click! then Clap! then Clap!)
23.
Esti Dal
a
24.
Eyes and ears
Now the ears of my ears
Awake and right now the eyes of my eyes
are opened and (now)
T 123 21232 123
M 123 32123 123
B 123 23213 123
25.
Freedom coming
Freedom coming
Freedom coming
Wow freedom coming
Wow freedom coming around the corner
Go tell your mama….
Go tell your papa …..
Go tell your sister ….
Go tell your brother…
26.
PEOPLE GET READY /
FREEDOM TRAIN
Key: E. Opening notes
Middles = G#;
(+ tops & Basses v1 line1)
Basses (Ch) = E
(Chorus 1)
Tops (harmony) = (B);
(verse 1 line 3)
Slow
V1 (unison)
People get ready, there’s a train a-comin’,
Ya don’t need no baggage, you just get on
board.
(add tops harmony)
Faith’s all you need to hear the diesels humming,
You don’t need no ticket, you just thank the Lord.
CHORUS (Clap!)
(Click!)
Fell to the ground, the officer came,
one last shot to the head-o
Heard through the pain as he walked away and
left me there for dead-o
(NO CLICK!)
All went quiet so I walked away,
I wasnt giving up to the glory
7
Ch1
(3-part)
All aboard.
All aboard.
All aboard.
All aboard.
Get on board.
Get on board.
Get on board.
Get on board.
Basses
Dum-dumma dum-dumma dum-dumma dumdumma
Dum-dumma dum-dumma dum-dumma dumdumma
(Continues under V2)
Mids & Tops (unison) V2
The Freedom train is coming,
When you hear that whistle blowing,
It’s time to get your ticket
And get on board.
(add tops harmony - basses stop “dumdumma” & change to harmony)
It’s time for all the people,
To take this freedom ride,
Start acting together
And work for freedom side by side.
Ch2 (3-part)
I’m gonna ride this Freedom Train,
I ain’t gonna live this way again.
I’ve got to get on the freedom train,
From this day on
I’ll be a free man.
V3 (3-part)
Looks like time is changing,
Train is waiting in the station,
Going to the mountain top
You all get on board.
We’re gonna ride down through the valley
Under the clear blue sky,
Every man is gonna walk right proud
With his head up high.
Ch3 (mids/ basses)
I’m gonna ride this Freedom Train,
I ain’t gonna live this way again.
I’ve got to get on the freedom train,
From this day on
I’ll be a free man.
(simultaneously) + Tops
All aboard. Get on board.
All aboard. Get on board.
All aboard. Get on board.
All aboard. Get on board.
Slow
V4
(3-part)
People get ready, there’s a train to Jordan,
Picking up passengers from coast to coast.
Faith is the key that opens doors and borders,
There’s hope for all among those loved the most.
Ch4
(3-part) (tops new harmony)
All aboard. Get on board.
All aboard. Get on board.
All aboard. Get on board.
All aboard the Freedom Train.
Ch5 (3-part)
8
I’m gonna ride this Freedom Train,
I ain’t gonna live this way again.
I’ve got to get on the freedom train,
From this day on
I’ll be a free man.
27.
Gaudete
Gaudete, gaudete, Christus est natus
Ex maria virgin e, Gaudete
Tempus ad est gratiae,
Hoc quad optabamus
Carmina laetitiae,
Devote redamus
Deus homo factus est,
Natura mirante
Mundus renovatus est,
A Christo regnante
Ezechielis porta,
Clausa pentransitur
Unde Lux est orta,
Salus invenitur
Ergo nostra contia,
Psallat iam in lustro
Benedicat Domino,
Salus Regi nostro
28.
Hawaiian Earth Blessing
E malama, ika he-i-au
E malama, ika he-i-au
E malama pono, ika he-i-au
E…..
Hay Mandu (Gallic working song)
Hay mandu, heeri-oh, hay mandu, heeri-oh
Hay mandu har molem man, hay mandu heerioh
A fatha thee thee-en man, a fatha thee thee-en
Hay mandu he thee thee-oh
29.
Dee diya noshek jarno, ya sape heada
Hor oh hara dala
Hor oh
hara dala hor oh
hara dala hor oh
hara dala hindje handen
32.
x2
La du mi zulu ya
La du ma, la du ma ee oh
La du mi zulu ya
La da ma, la du ma ee oh
Dance to your shadow
when it’s good to be living, lad
x2
Dance to your shadow
when there’s nothing better near ye
Hin ah hin ah hara dala
Hin ah hin ah hara dala
Hin ah hin ah hara dala
Hin hara dala ro
Oo kulu mama, oo kulu baba
La duma, la du ma ee oh
Oo kulu mama, oo kulu baba
La duma, la duma ee oh
x2
There are tunes in the River Otter
Pools in the river water
Tunes in the river and the river calls him
x2
(other part)
La du mi zulu
La duma lam tata
La duma, la duma ee oh
La duma lam tata
33.
Hin ah hin ah hara dala
Hin ah hin ah hara dala
Hin ah hin ah hara dala
Hin hara dala ro
Hor oh
hara dala hor oh
hara dala hor oh
hara dala hindje handen
30.
x lots
x ??
I am weeping
Oo ee oo mi mi naleeya sana
Oo ee oo mi mi naleeya sana
Chunga sana nduggi, chunga sana dada
Watcha raha nyingi
Linda mi aysha yaka
Nago wah nimengi
Ukimwi una uwa
I am weeping x4
take care brother, take care sister
take care
care for yourself
problems are many
Aids is a killer
31.
La duma
Iy da yeedem jarno
Iy da yeedem jarno, Iy da yeedem
Iy da yeedem jarno, gorni a corek
Iy da yeedem jarno, gorni a corek
Dam getti copa jarno, dam getti copa
Dam getti copa jarno, sham sha nee-er
Dam getti copa jarno, sham sha nee-er
Dee diya noshek jarno, dee diya noshek
Dee diya noshek jarno, ya sape heada
9
Malaika
Malaika nakupenda malaika x 2
Ha-mi-ni fa nye ye
Ki ja na mwen zi o
Na shin dwa na ma-li si na we
x2
Nin ge ku-o-a malaika
Pe sa za sum bu wa rohoyangu x 2
Ninge ku o a-ma-li we
Ninge ku o a sa ga
Na shin dwa na ma-li si na we
x2
Nin ge ku-o-a malaika
Kidege huku-waza kidege x 2
Na mi-ni fa nje je
Ki ja na mweh zi o
Na shin dwa na ma-li si na we
Ninge ku o a kidege
x2
34.
Mary Mack
37.
Mary Mack’s mithir’s mackin’ Mary Mack marry
me
Ma mither mackin’ me marry Mary Mack
Oh, I need to marry Mary to get Mary to take
care o’ me
We’ll all be mackin’ merry when I marry Mary
Mack!
Farin be ma heen, Zarna vis ma gorkas
Farin be ma heen, Zarna vis ma gorkas
Farin be ma heen, Zarna vis ma gorkas
Ferin be ma heen vee ma gorkas Zan
NKOSI SIKELEL I AFRICA
Nkosi sikelel i afrika
Maluphajamisw uphondo iwayo
Yizwa imithandazo yethu
Nkosi sikelela thina lusapho iwayo
Woza moya woza moya oyingowele
Nkosi silelele thinalusapho iwayo soenyeho
U se boloke u se boloke u se boloke molena se
boloke
Sechaba sa heso sechaba sa heso
Makube njalo makube njalo
Is my airen fartler, airen aken keegan
Is my airen fartler, airen aken keegan Is my
airen fartler, airen aken keegan Ferin be ma
heen vee ma gorkas Zan.
God bless Africa,Lift her horn on high, Hear our
prayers God bless us who are her people,Come
holy spirit. End wars and strife, let it be so for
ever and everß
35.
38.
Mutzimu
Mutzimo wa a gu ba ba ah
Mo kandi si an di dinday ay gah
Deh---- ga fa a gu di di deh gah
Deh ga jen gu muh sanga mo
“
“ “ “ “
zi ma
De tee che un ditz O.K.
x2
x4
x4
Choir: na ra na ga ba
36.
Na da ni nai (Georgian)
O hurio (Gallic)
U-er nyan in gaig - o hurio
Han a a mission sho sheer - o hurio, o hurio x 2
Han a we le shin splaig - o hurio, o hurio x2
Naga verco nyo fieve, o hurio, o hurio
39.
Om na moor (from India)
Om na moor
Ah ga wa a tay aya
A su deva a-a-a-a ai y
Na da ni nai, nai na x 4
40.
Go go go go whiskey sah
Atcha latte say see sah
Ali wasti co ti tra
Rama drairi kosni kah
Oo mah, mujah ja bu?
(Oo ma mujah ja bu)
Na da ni nai, nai na …
Ghe les moak napoti
Alvis chamo natali
I kit gagma matredi
Go go ras me ri de bi
Na da ni nai, nai na …
Da den ghe le mi tcha ri
Lishamona tvali
Modens ro la mazi kha
Shé na chen triniz de li
Na da ni nai, na na…
10
Oo mah, mujah ja bu?
Sin no rabeer wenja weh
Sin oh doh oo oh
Dum bah ba ba-boh
Sin deh la wo-oh
Sin on doh oo woh
41.
Pebble on my tongue
Ley ley ley ley ley x 4
Since time began
Running on the love
Of your fellow man.
For seven years your name has lain
Smooth and round like a pebble on my tongue
Its constant voice entreating me
Smooth and round like a pebble on my tongue
43.
It tangles my words when I speak
And touches my heart
It tumbles my dreams when I sleep
Invading the dark
Pu pu, chan chan, pu pu, chan
Woa woa woa woa wooooa
Lay lay lay ….
For seven years your name has lain
Smooth and round like a pebble on my tongue
Its silent weight disquieting me
Smooth and round like a pebble on my tongue
I’m ready to take to the sea
Where the tide meets the sand
I’m ready to take to the sea
With the stone in my hand
And with one sure throw
I will cast you to the sea
x2
And with one sure throw
I will cast you to the smoothing tide.
repeat verse 1 and last part
42.
People get ready
People get ready
There’s a train a-coming
Picking up passengers coast to coast
Faith’s all you need
To keep those diesels humming
Don’t need no baggage, you just climb on board
All aboard, get on board….
People get ready
There’s a train to Jordan
Picking up passengers coast to coast
Faith is the key
It opens doors and borders
Don’t need a ticket, you just thank the Lord
All aboard, get on board….
There’s a train coming
Coming down the track
People that ain’t ready
Better step well back
This train’s been running
11
Pico-y pala
Pico pala, pico pala, pico pala compañeros
Pico pala, pico pala, pico pala soy central
La comatora donde tu vas?
Yo voy a quatro caminos,
Songo La Moya ee voy patras
x2
x2
x2
44.
Porridge Song
Broken cheeri Anna Hallen.........
Broken cheeri Anna Hallen.........
Brokken Cheeri Cheeri Cheeri
Brokke Mor Iss grimar
Ikee air maglinyeh voy..............
Shuter vee maglinyeh voy........
.Ikee air ma skut sheneen
.Ikee shut ma golen voy
(Oh)Vish Ker Harren Nol de goin...... Harro chi dol nyeh nyair
Vish Ker Harren Nol de goin..............
Harry a tarrier cavalorn
Hair Herra Heldi ................. Cor Harren dol nyeh nyair
Hair Herra Heldi
Cor Harren dol sihn yeh
Hair Herra Heldi .............
Cor harren dol nyeh nyair
Vish Ker Harren Nol de goin.......
Vish Ker Harren Nol de goin.......
(all sing). Harry a tarrier cavalorn
Harro chi dol nyeh nyair
Harren Berra Fee Berra fee Berra fee Berra .....Harren Berra fee Berra reesh derran du dish
Harren Berra Fee Berra fee Berra fee Berra .....Harren Berra fee Berra reesh derran du dish
Herren Berra Neil yerra Neil yerra Neil yerra...Herren Berra Neil yerra reesh derran du dish
Herren Berra Neil yerra Neil yerra Neil yerra...Herren Berra Neil yerra reesh derran du dish
12
45.
Rosa Parks
Oh rosa Parks, she would not stand for the
white folks, I said
Oh rosa Parks, she would not stand on the
bus.X2
Oh what a difference that woman made x4
I’m gonna sit, I’m gonna sit at the front of the
bus
I’m gonna sit, I’m gonna sit at the front of the
bus
You watch me sit, I’m gonna sit at the front of
the bus
I’m gonna sit, I’m gonna sit at the front of the
bus
46.
See a weh mama noo (from
‘Out of Africa’)
1.See a weh mama noo, see a weh x 3
Wah tuam jeh wa neh nah
See a weh mama nu see a weh
In the corners of my mind,
I just can’t seem to find
A reason to believe
Why I should break free,
‘Cause you see, I’ve been bound for so long
I thought all hope was gone
And as I lift my hands, I understand
That I should praise you
Through my circumstance.
49.
Shaoojhee
Sha-oo-jhee, sha-oo-jha
Sha-oo-jhe a-ne jho
Jha an-ghe
Jha-a-za ga-a-a
Na-a-a-a-a
x2
x2
E-tu pie nin ge na
Cho ni cha
Ne-tu pie nin ge na
Jha-i-na jha-i-na
50.
Shine (Kirsty)
2.See a weh juka noo, see a weh x 3
Wah tuam jeh we neh nah
See a weh mama nu see a weh
(Intro - bass)
Shumbay umbay, ba ba da umbay x2
Ba ba ba da ba ba
Shumbay umbay, ba ba da umbay x2
3.See a weh maaa maaa, niya wah x 3
Wah tuam jeh we neh nah
Niyawa ma-ma-a-a niyah wa
(Intro - middles)
Ah ……
47.
Selingeh nya
Selingeh nya, selingeh nya
O mama, selingeh nya
Selingeh nya, wa toh wa kopa
O mama, selingeh nya
O mama weh, o mama weh,
O mama weh, mama weh
Selingeh nya
48.
Shackles
(Take the) shackles off my feet so I can dance
I just wanna praise you,
I just wanna praise you.
I broke the chains, now I can lift my hands.
I just wanna praise you,
I just wanna praise you.
Been through the fire and the rain
Bound in every kind of pain
You have broken every chain
Let me go right now.
13
Shine without explanation
Shine without speculation
Life is no rehearsal
So shine.
Love without definition
Love without expectation
Easy to believe it
So love.
May not be the right way
You just gotta trust
And with every new day
I believe
Be without limitation
Be without trepidation
This is no illusion
So be.
51.
Si si si
Si si si
Si do la da
Ya ku si ne la du
Bana ha
x4
Tina singu
Le lu vutayo
52.
Slaves Lament
It was in sweet Senegal that my foes did me
enthral,
For the lands of Virginia,-ginia, O:
Torn from that lovely shore, and must never see
it more;
And alas! I am weary, weary O:
Torn from that lovely shore, and must never see
it more;
And alas! I am weary, weary O.
All on that charming coast is no bitter snow and
frost,
Like the lands of Virginia,-ginia, O:
There streams for ever flow, and there flowers
for ever blow,
And alas! I am weary, weary O:
There streams for ever flow, and there flowers
for ever blow,
And alas! I am weary, weary O:
The burden I must bear, while the cruel scourge
I fear,
In the lands of Virginia,-ginia, O;
And I think on friends most dear, with the bitter,
bitter tear,
And alas! I am weary, weary O:
And I think on friends most dear, with the bitter,
bitter tear,
And alas! I am weary, weary O:
53.
Stak stouket
Stak stouket staka doum doum statik
Mm pock pock, kedo kedogo
Poum pon tchah k’t’k’tcha kon tchaketaka
Wouthe oum bah oum oum oum bah
54.
St Andrews
(B major)
1.
I like the sound of piano - and playing with the
notes
To kick a ball in the goal with our coats
I like my bike - and giving dogs names
The sports centre - with under water games
Ice-skating - when the weather’s nippy
14
I like it when - it's yippee, YIPPEE,
YIPPPPEEEEE!
I like it when it's melty with Amy
Year 1 - Miss Brown - Saint Andrew's School!
2.
I like Karate - you have to say Yes Sir!
I like London - it's gotta lotta dinosaurs.
I like to ice-slide - on my tummy.
I like beans - with stuff that's yummy.
I like fresh bread smelling like home.
Rollerskating, balancing, on my own.
I like the cats at the Cats and Dogs Home.
Year 1 - Miss Brown - Saint Andrew's School!
CHORUS:
Luke AM & Luke VT, Louis, Byron, Jamie,
Matthew, Cormac, Henry, Isaac, Gaspar, Arem,
Amy.
William, Jakub, Justin - Sienna, Richard, Qasim,
Felipe, Suzanne & Lily - Olivia, Nina, Regi
Neroli, Chantai, Elise, Whybow
That is all you have to know
3.
Gymnastics, the smell of blueberry
I like sprinkles that smell like strawberry
Victoria Park - where I run and swing
And making music - with the violin
I like to dance - and be in a band
To be, in the Park, digging in the sand.
To find treasure - in the band stand.
Year 1 - Miss Brown - Saint Andrew's School!
4.
Play chasing in Snow Hill's Park
I like to see all the fishes in the dark
I like it when - we make an igloo
And cozy club - and golden time too
I like the slides at the Zany Zone
I like to play - with penguins all alone
I like Bath - a lovely place to go home
Year 1 - Miss Brown - Saint Andrew's School!
CHORUS:
Luke AM & Luke VT, Louis, Byron, Jamie,
Matthew, Cormac, Henry, Isaac, Gaspar, Arem,
Amy.
William, Jakub, Justin - Sienna, Richard, Qasim,
Felipe, Suzanne & Lily - Olivia, Nina, Regi
Neroli, Chantai, Elise, Whybow
That is all you have to know
55.
Tengi Weh
Tengi weh, tengi weh eh x2
Hey waho, hey waho
Tengi weh! x4
56.
This great sky
Watch the sun light up the morning sky.
TOP
The sky above and the earth that’s spread
below
Draws the eyes to far horizons
And draws the heart, the heart to coming home.
And when I stand alone
I’m bound to those who share the earth
And those who share the bond of hope and joy
When I stand alone
I’m bound to share heavens
And the bond of hope and joy.
Tongo, tongo
Chimney by oh by oh
Oh I ay
Bali ka lo eh
When the pale horse treads the salt marsh
And its rider knows our tryst
Fell the tree and wrap me kindly
Then dig the earth and gently lower the kist
UPPER MIDDLE
This great sky that’s cast above us
This rich earth that’s spread below
Draws the eye to far horizons
Draws the heart to coming home.
When I’m tired of haste and turmoil Searching for tranquility
In solitude I’ll watch the sunrise
Light the early morning sky.
I stand in wonder
And I’m bound to those who lived before
We share the heavens
And the bond of hope and joy.
LOWER MIDDLE
This great sky that’s cast above us
This rich earth that’s spread below
It draws the eye to far horizons
And the heart, the heart to coming home.
When I’m tired of haste and tired of
Searching for tranquility
In solitude I’ll watch the sun
Light the early morning sky.
And when I stand alone in wonder
I’m bound to those who lived before
We share the sky, the earth, the heavens
And the bond of hope and joy.
When the pale horse treads the salt marsh
And its rider knows our tryst then
Fell the tree and wrap me up and
Dig the earth and gently lower the kist.
57.
58.
Tongo tongo
Tu eh, tu eh (African)
Tu eh, tu eh barima, tu eh, tu eh
Tu eh, tu eh barima, tu eh tu eh
A bos a dor ama doh doh
Tu eh, tu eh barima x 3
59.
Tula mama (Hebrew)
60.
Twanano
Tawanano twanano, twanano twanano x2
Twanano x4
Kopano kopano kipani ya mo di mo x2
Kopano! Kopano! Kopano! Kopano!
Twanano x4 ……
61.
Twerton’s Like a Home
Twerton's like a home ( x8)
Twerton's like a cup-cake mixed with people.
The football pitch chips beat those in Bristol
I like the big woods where the wood pigeons
laugh
Twerton's like a tiny turtle in a Bath.
If an alien landed they wouldn't know the gravity
This twerky place is driven by the law of insanity
There's nowhere like this to see hot air balloons
fly
In Twerton they fly high in the bright sky
BOTTOM
The sky that’s cast, the earth that’s spread
Draws the eye to coming home.
The tourists never see that Twerton's like a
home.
(Twerton's like a home etc)
Instead they go to places that remind them of
Rome
They go to Primark and buy lots of clothes
Twerton's like a home. Twerton's like a home.
When I’m tired of haste and turmoil
Get up, get up to Bath City Farm
15
The funny fluffy animals have stacks of charm
But the best after school club is Stay & Play
I signed up now I go everyday
On a mountain by the Full Moon pub,
Nobody knows about Mystery Club
But the best thing is our tooth-fairies
Smaller and sweeter than goose-berries
The tourists never see that Twerton's like a
home.
(Twerton's like a home etc)
Instead they go to places that remind them of
Rome
They go to Primark and buy lots of clothes
Twerton's like a home. Twerton's like a home.
notes:
- the verses are in 5/4 time, but the gaps
between the verses and choruses are not
always consistent, sorry. sometimes just 2 beats,
sometimes 3 beats. take your pick. as always,
don't stress about following my recording
slavishly.
62.
Un um oo tu tu lu
Un um oo tu tu lu
by ay sa ku a sa
Un um oo tu tu lu
by ay sa ku a sa
Un um oo tu tu lu, ah ku sen i na
Un um oo tu tu lu, ah ku sen i na
By ay za ku sa sa, by ay za
Vetche (Bulgarian)
Vetche ra do mo
Vetche ra do mo
Vetche ra do mo
Mari vonka zi zee zah
Na see capitam ……..
Chesta mil pa mil …….
Vetche ra do mo ……
x2
x2
x2
x2
Wade in the water
Wade in the water
Wade in the water, children
Wade in the water
God’s gonna trouble the water
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
A long, long way from home.
I wanna die easy when I die
I wanna die easy when I die
I wanna dies easy when i die
Shout salvation when I rise
I wanna die easy when I die.
65.
Wairua
Wairua otay puna (Aroha Aroha aroha) x 2
Ee ta wee ta
Ee runga ta
Eh tanga ta
Hey oa rang wa
No mek a tor
Oh tepen wha
Oh telangi
Oh rena nua wee
Kee a pup u
Pu Pu a Kay x3
Aroha Aroha Ah To Ha
Eh pa kee a kee a ree the
Kee a ree ee teh
66.
Oo ha oo who nu mah ha
63.
64.
Waters of Babylon
By the water, the waters of Babylon
We lay down and wept, and wept for thee Zion
Ah, remember, ah, remember, ah, remember
Thee Zion
67.
Way beyond the blue
Oh do Lord, oh do Lord, oh do you remember
me x3
Way beyond the blue.
Oh I gotta home in Gloryland that outshines the
son x3
Way beyond the blue.
68.
When I walk down the street
When I walk down the street
x3
I hear music everywhere
I said, heaven x 4
There must be a heaven somewhere.
16
When I look all around
I see angels everywhere………..
When I walk down the street
I hear music everywhere…….
69.
Wings of a dove
If I had the wings of a dove
Wings that would take me where I want to go
I’d fly from the upmost way out into space
No no no no no
There is no hiding place.
70.
Who stole the lock?
from sudden and unexpected death save us,
from hate and from malicious harm, save us’)
Ab omni malo libera nos domine
Ab omni peccato - libera nos domine
Ab ira tua - libera nos domine
A subitanea et improvisa morte - libera nos
domine
Ab odio, et malo voluntate – libera nos domine
Shen Khar Venakhi
(Church song dedicated to St Mary, ‘You are the
vineyard, just blossoming, fresh young sapling in
Eden. You are the sun shining’)
(chorus)
Who stole the lock? I don’t know.
Who stole the lock from the hen house door?
I’ll find out before I go,
Who stole the lock from the hen house door.
She Khar Ve-na-khi
A-khla-da kva ve-bu-li
As I walked across that half-acre field
Something bit me on my heel
Turned right around, doing my best
My left foot stepped on a hornets’ nest.
Da ta vi-vi-si
Mze khar da ga tski-nve bu-li
Who stole the lock ……
Down in the hen house on my knees
I thought I heard somebody sneeze.
It was the rooster, he was saying his prayers
Singing a hymn to the hens upstairs.
Who stole the lock….
71.
Working on a building
I’m working on a building
Oh my Lord, Oh my Lord, Oh my Lord
I’m working on a building
Oh my Lord,
Working on a building too.
If I was a liar (gambler, bully)
I tell you what I would do
I’d throw away my lying (gambling, bullying)
ways
And work on a building too.
No-rchi ke-ti-li
E-de-mshi-na ne-rgu-li
Aslanuri Mravalzamier
(toasting song from Georgia, ‘many happy
returns, may you live a long life’)
(Mravalzamiero, mravalzamiero)
Mra-il, Mralzamier, Mra-il, Mralzamier,
Mra-i-aval, Mraval, Mraval
Mralzamier, Mravel
Mravalzami-i-ero
Mralzamier, Mraval, Mravalzamier
Rapids charm
(charm from the Finnish epic the Kalevala,
music by Helen Chadwick)
Stop rapids foaming, stop mighty waters surging
x4
Maid of the water, girl of the foam
With your embrace, calm the waves
Maid of the water, girl of the foam
With your hands, wrap the eddies
72.
WaterAid 2003
Ab omni malo
(prayer for protection, lyrics from Latin Litany,
music by Helen Chadwick ‘From all harm save
us, from all sin save us, from your fury save us,
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Maid of the water, girl of the foam
With your gentle touch, quieten the water
Perxuli
(Round dance song form the mountains of
Swaneti in Georgia. Choir 2 words no longer
mean anything, though some of the words are
thenames of pre-Christian gods)
1 O-rerai-udo, o-rera-do, o-i-o-rera o-rera O
2 O-rerai udo, o-rera-do, o-i-o-rera o-rera O
x2
1 O-rerai da, dila vadila vadila, o-rerai da, o o o
2 O-rerai da, dila vadila vadila, o-rerai da, o o o
x2
1 O-rerai da ramaida, o-rerai da ramaida O
2 O-rerai da ramaida, o-rerai da ramaida O x
4
1 Osa rera rera o-rera, o-rera o-rerado O
2 Osa rera rera o-rera, o-rera o-rera O x 4
1 Osa rera, o-rerado O
2 Osa rera o-rera O
1 Osa rera ramaida O
2 Osa oru dila ramaida O
x4
x4
1 & 2 Osa rera ramaida O
Osa oru dila ramaida O
Stomi e milo (Georgian)
(‘How nice it would be to have a shop in Struga:
to sit and watch the girls carry water in their
colourful jar to the well where they meet their
friends…’)
Stomi e milo, milo i drago,
Vo struga grada, mamo, dukan da imam. x2
Lele varaj, mome, mome Kalino,
Vo struga grada, mamo, dukan da imam
Na kepencite, mamo, da sedam,
Stružkite momi, mamo, momi da gledam
Lele varaj, mome, mome Kalino,
Stružkite momi, mamo, momi da gledam
Koga na voda, voda mi odat,
So tija stomni, mamo, stomni sareni
Lele varaj mome, mome Kalino,
So tija stomni, mamo, stomni sareni
x2
Na ovaj izvor, izvor studeni,
Tam da se združki, mamo, združki soberat
Lele varaj mome, mome Kalino,
Tam da se združki, mamo, združki soberat
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x2
x2
Medi mido kesi (trad. Ghana)
(‘I’ll give love to my neighbour, so shake me (=
shake my hand)’ )
Medi mido kesi bima minya
We nije mu
Chiami O chiami
Medi mido kesi bima minya
We nije mu
Chiami O chiami
Odo ne eye, Odo ne eye, Odo ne eye
Chiami O chiami
Odo ne eye, O do ne eye, Odo ne eye
Chiami O chiami
Um wegi ta ne (trad. Rwanda)
Um wegi ta ne, Um we gi ta
Um we gi ta ne, Um we gi ta
Return Message (Helen Chadwick)
Me um do
Mm be de mm mm ber
Bass
Mm be de mm be be be be be
Mm be be
Mm be de mm be be be be be be be be…..
Sednalo e Žore dos (Bulgaria)
Sednalo e Žore dos, Sednalo e Žore
Ti ludo Žore dos, ti si ludo Žore
Vunka na vartite dos, vunka na vartite
Ti ludo Žore dos, ti si ludo Žore
Sharen chorab plete dos, sharen chorab plete
Ti ludo Žore dos, ti si ludo Žore
Na kogo go pletesh dos, na kogo go pletesh
Ti ludo Žore dos, ti si ludo Žore
Kojto mene saka dos, kojto mene saka
Ti ludo Žore dos, ti si ludo Žore
Na nego go plete dos, na nego go plete
Ti ludo Žore dos, ti si ludo Žore
(‘Žore is sitting - you crazy Žore!
Outside by the door
Knitting brightly-coloured socks
Who are you knitting them for?
For whoever pleases me
He’s the one I’m knitting them for)
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Okolo Hradišča (trad. Czech)
Okolo Hradišča vodĕnkateče
Ideknam šohajek, Cosi nĕ nese
Nesenĕlassku, Svarzanuv šatku
Milovala sem t’a zlaty o brazku
Milova la sem t’a, bylo to špasem
Nevĕdĕl šohajek že falsešna sem
Falešna byla, švarna dĕvčina
Nevĕdĕl šohajek jaka pričina