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Jama
Country: Ghana
Language: Akan
Lyrics:
Ma sho la, ma nu nu, Grammy ee dza nke’ote(4x)
Go backward, go forward, I’ll only go with Grammy (4x)
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From Ivan Annan’s Ghana: Children and Play: Children’s Songs and Games.
Tse Tue Kule
Country: Ghana
Language: Ga?
Lyrics:
Tse tse kule (tse tse kule)
Tse tse kofi sa (tse tse kofi sa)
Kofi salanga (kofi slanaga)
Kaka chi langa (kaka chi langa)
Kum ade ne (kum ade ne) (4x)
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From Ivan Annan’s Ghana: Children at Play. Annan describes the lyrics of this song as “nonsense syllables," though it really must mean something….
Up in the Moon
Country: Ghana
Language: Ga?
Lyrics:
There is a girl up in the moon, up in the moon up in the moon,
There is a girl up in the moon her name is Adaline.
Adaline (4x), her name is Adaline.
Nuu ko yeh nyontsele mi, nyontsele mi, nyontsele mi,
Nuu ko yeh nyontsele mi, n’atseo leh Adaline
Adaline (4x), her name is Adaline.
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This song, from Ivan Annan’s Ghana: Children at Play, originated as the Scottish folk tune, “Aiken Drum." Somehow it worked its way over to Ghana where the man in the moon, "Aiken Drum," became "Ataa 'dondo," giving us a good example of how culture floows freely back and forth around the globe.
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