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Kye Kye Kule (pronounced “chay chay koolay”) is mostly likely originally from Ghana. We’ve read in a couple of places that this song is from the Ghanian Fanti Tribe. The Fanti Tribe speaks Fanti and Twi. This song is sung all over the world. There are many different spellings: “Kye Kye Kule”, “Che Che Kule”, “Shay Shay Kooley”, “Che Che Koolay”, “Che che Cole”, etc. (source)
Lyrics
Che che koolay (echo)
Che che kofeesa (echo)
Kofee salanga (echo)
Kaka shee langa (echo)
Whoops ah lay lay (echo)
Whoops ah lay lay – Hey!
Translation unknown
See also
- folk songs from Ghana
- minor / modal songs
- movement / dance songs
- call & response songs
- songs with sixteenth-eighth-sixteenth note patterns
- another version of the lyrics
- source: Silver Burdett Music, Book 2, Silver Burdett Company, 1981
YouTube
- Song with chords (PDF)
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
2 thoughts on “Che Che Koolay”
This is a body identification song.
Hands on your head
Hands on your shoulders
hands on your waist
Hands on your knees
Hands on your ankles
Great! Thanks for sharing!