Lyrics - Yoruba
(Folk song from Nigeria)
Akiwowo Oloko Ile
Akiwowo Oloko Ile
Jowo Gbe Mi Dele
Jowo Gbe Mi Dele
Ile Baba Re
Akiwowo Oloko Ile
Ose O!
Oloko Ile
Ose O!
Oloko Ile
Ose O!
Oloko Ile
Ose O!
Oloko Ile
Akiwowo Oloko Ile
Akiwowo Oloko Ile
Jowo Gbe Mi Dele
Jowo Gbe Mi Dele
Ile Baba Re
Akiwowo Oloko Ile
English Translation - Chant of the Trainman
Akiwowo conductor of the train
Akiwowo conductor of the train
Please take me home
Please take me home
To my father’s house
Akiwowo conductor of the train
See also
- Country: Nigeria
- Subject: railroad workers
- Form:Â ABA
- Harmony: chords I, IV, V
- Meter: mixed
- Scale: hexatonic
- Tones: dmfslt
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody