Lyrics - Bamana
(Folk song from Mali)
I daden, kunkurunnin, i daden
Fèn tè Allah bò (repeat)
I daden, sanu tè fèn min sòrò, i daden (repeat)
English Translation - Be quiet
Be quiet, little one, be quiet
Nothing equals Allah (repeat)
Be quiet, one cannot buy a child with gold (repeat)
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- Country: Mali
- Subject: Allah
- Type: lullaby
- Form: AB
- Harmony: one chord
- Meter: 3
- Scale: pentatonic
- Tones: drmsl
- Source: Lullabies and children’s songs of the Bozo and Bamana, Mali recorded in Kirango (Mali), December 2009-January 2010 by Elisabeth den Otter
YouTube
Start at 25:07
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
