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This song has several versions, including “Awonye Nakie” and “A Keelie Makolay.” (source)
Lyrics - Adangbe
(Folk song from Ghana)
Awenye Nakile*
Mo ba ko ni wafie
eih eih eih,
mo ba ko ni wafie
Mo ba ko ni wafie
Mo ba ko ni wafie
Mo ba ko ni wafie eih
Mo ba ko ni wafie.
*”aweche” (boy) can be sung instead. Other names can be substituted.
English Translation - Girl Nakile (name)
Girl Nakile (name)
Come and let us play
yeah yeah yeah,
Come and let us play
Come and let us play
Come and let us play
Come and let us play yeah
Come and let us play.
See also
- Country: Ghana
- Form: call & response
- Harmony: chords I, ii, IV, V
- Meter: 4
- Scale: major
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody