Lyrics - Mandinka
(Folk song from The Gambia)
Ding ding kende e’ haku,
Tiinee na tiinee le
I te li ia tiinaa m’boyita
Piraam! Banko too.
English Translation - Good child forgive me
Good child forgive me,
Because it is you,
I will forgive you, I fall down
Thud! To the ground.
(source)
See also
- Country: The Gambia
- Subject: family
- Harmony: chords I & V
- Rhythm: syncopation
- Scale: tetratonic
- Tones: drml
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
