Lyrics - Kikuyu
(Folk song from Kenya)
Muti muhande rui-ini,
One i mathangu maguo,
Magithaka na ruhuho,
Ithui nituthake na ruhuho.
English Translation - A Tree Planted on the Riverbank
A tree planted on the riverbank,
Look at its leaves
Playing with the wind.
Even us let’s play with the wind.
(source)
Circle Game
Formation: Students stand in a circle holding hands.
For the first three lines, students stand in place and swish hands forward and backward to the steady beat. On the last line, on measure 21 (“tha-ka-na…), students gallop to the side. When that same measure is repeated (in the Response), students gallop to the other side.
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
