Chukke Hakki

COUNTRY: India
LANGUAGE: Kannada

A song about reaching up high high high and catching the stars. From Les Chants des Enfants du monde Vol. 2: South India, Childrens songs from Southern India collected by French-Canadian ethnomusicologist Franis Corpataux.

Chukke hakki ba nehneh balakehbah
chika kookah koo kee koo kee,
ba nehneh balakehbah, ba nehneh balakehbah

Lyrics of All Around This World’s version:

Can you catch the stars, can you catch the stars, can you jump and catch the stars?
Can you catch the stars, can you catch the stars, can you jump and catch the stars?
Look at all the stars