Lyrics - Akan
(Folk song from Ghana)
Bantama kra kro,
Me ye den na m’anya bi madzi?
Kra kro de de iyi,
Me ye den na m’anya bi madzi?
Kra kro kra kro,
Me ye den na m’anya bi madzi?
Me nyi sika
Me ye den na m’anya bi madzi?
English Translation - Bantama pastries
Bantama pastries,
How can I get some to try?
How delicious are the pastries!
How can I get some to try?
Pastries, pastries,
How can I get some to try?
If you don’t have any money,
How can I get some to try?
Stone-Passing Game
Students sit in a circle and take turns tapping a stone on the floor in front of them and passing it to the floor in front of the student next to them.
See also
- Country: Ghana
- Subject: food
- Activities: passing games
- Harmony: chords I & V
- Meter: 4
- Scale: major
- Source: Let Your Voice Be Heard! Songs from Ghana and Zimbabwe, Abraham Kobena Adzinyah, Dumisani Maraire, Judith Cook Tucker, 1986
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
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