Our Strict Turkish Dad


“Șiki Șiki Baba” is a song about a young romance forbidden by a strict, strict father that appears in many iterations in many parts of West Asia and Eastern Europe. There seem to be iterations of the song in many languages, including Arabic and Greek, but our “Șiki Șiki Baba” finds inspiration in the classic version from Turkey. We sing: “If you love me I’ll love you, I will love you all my days, Darling will you love me too?, Our love will find a way….”