Nigeria Popular Music 1954-1957

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Number of song: / 3006
Title of song: / Adeolu Akinsanya
Singer: / Rosey Mambo Orchestra
Transcribed by: / Welson, Francis
Adeniyi, Tunde
Age: / 27, 21
Contact details: / 080 640 162 14, 080 738 740 22
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Plot 7 winners chapel road
muritonla high way, calabar
Date: / 27.10.2008
Time / Transcription / Observations
0:00 / Itakun to so akeregbe o un lo so elegade (2 times)
The same creeping plant that bears the calabash also bears the pumpkins.
Won a ban so yin so de lafin ile oluwo… (2 times)
They will guide you to Oluwo’s compound / Oluwo is the chief priest of Ifá. Ifá is the Yorùbá god of divination
Ka gbe ade fun ala de… (2 times)
Let’s give the crown to the owner
Ka fun oye fun oloye… (2 times)
Let’s give prestige to those who are worthy
Won a ba yin so de lafin ile oluwo
They will guide you to Oluwo’s palace
Ero mi rele onijon ba mi ki ile oluwo
People who are going toward Onijon’s house should extend my regards to Oluwo
Arole olude… (2 times)
The price of the royal family
Ma ba yin so deo ..
I will accompany you
Arole oludeo, baba… (2 times)
The prince, father
Ma ba yin de ileo
I will follow you to your house
Joo… joo… joo ya
Well dance! / Spoken interjection by the chorus singer
Eni ti oti un ri je koma pada
Those who can feed themselves should not beg for food again
Eni to tin re mu koma pada toro mu
Those who can afford to drink should not beg for drinks again
Gbegbe ungbe sude a san waleo
Your helper will not miss his way / Gbegbe in Yorùbá means spiritual assistance that lifts someone up from a difficult position
Kukute ungbe so noo a san weo
A … spirit or … ghost can not miss its way home / Kukute in Yorùbá means a short spirit … that passes along the road
Adeolu omo oba (2 times)
Adeolu, the prince
Mama yan oko ni igba ojo (2 times)
Don’t farm during the rain / Farmers usually plant just before the rains. Crops planted in the rains don’t grow well.
Adeolu omo oba (2 times)
Adeolu, the prince
Mama fese te erinle (2 times)
Don’t step on the wet ground / The ground is wet and slippery with mud during the rains.
Ma lo o Adeolu ma erinle
Don’t go at all, Adeolu, don’t step on mud
Mama jawe omo to run bo o
Don’t cut the leaves of a heavenly child down
Erinle o… (5 times)
Wet season…

Typset by Claudio Fallet. 10.11.2008, Basel.