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Rodrigues Island is located east of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean.
Lyrics - Rodriguan Creole
(Folk song from Mauritius)
Call: Don mwa lamen, pus mo bato
Response: dan delo
Call: Ayo mo piti Zan
Response: dan delo ô
Don delo mama, dan delo papa, dan delo
Call: Ayo mo piti Zan
Response: dan delo
Call: Ayo mo karazan
Response: dan delo ô
Don delo mama, dan delo papa, dan delo
English Translation - Hold my hand
Call: Hold my hand, push my boat
Response: into the water
Call: Go my little John
Response: into the water,
Into the water, Mama, into the water, Papa, into the water.
Call: Go my little John
Response: into the water,
Call: Go my dear friend
Response: into the water,
Into the water, Mama, into the water, Papa, into the water.
See also
- Country: Mauritius (Rodrigues Island)
- Subjects: boat / water
- Form: call & response
- Harmony: I, IV, V
- Meter: mixed
- Scale: major
- Source: Songs From The Vanilla Trail (Lullabies And Nursery Rhymes From Kenya to South Africa)
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
