Lyrics - Assamese
(Folk song from India)
Amare moina xubo e,
Barite bogori rubo e,
Barire bogori poki xori goley,
Moinai butoli khabo.
English Translation – Our Mother-in-law
Our mother will sleep a’
Plant melons in the garden
When the melons are ripe and fallen from the garden
Moina will eat the bottle
Assamese - আমাৰে মইনা শুব৷
আমাৰে মইনা শুব এ’
বাৰিতে বগৰী ৰুব এ’
বাৰীৰে বগৰী পকি সৰি গ’লে
মইনাই বুতলি খাব
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- Country: India
- Type: lullaby
- Harmony: chords I, ii, V, vi
- Meter: 3
- Scale: tetratonic
- Tones: l,drm
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
The Time signature of the song is incorrect.
It should be 5/8 instead of 3/4.
Do you have a copy of a score you could send me? From some of the recordings I listened to, it sounds like it’s in triple meter. Thanks!
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In my own research on this song, I located this version which seems to alternate meters from 5 beats to 6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRakCMbioYY&list=PL9ByGEWM7VWyuFhnKf5aERvg6IJ1bFFhX&index=2
Actually, it seems to be in 5 the whole time.
Hi, another explanation of the lyrics is offered on page 282 at https://www.nipccd.nic.in/uploads/pdf/gamesnplaypdf-4b0a786e2ec8f3e229261f0418679cc3.pdf
Meaning
Our baby will sleep
Plant the tree of berry in the garden
Berries in the garden will ripe and fall
Baby will pick up and eat it.
Some translations say the tree is a jujuba-tree.