Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Silly Songs

There was a song for everything when I was growing up:

When Your Food Was Hot
I would sing a song that my aunt taught me:

Wola, wola, wola Samali akulye,
whhhhh, whhhhh!


When You Were Needed Home For LunchMy brother would sing:

Samali, jangu tugende
Tulye matooke


When a ‘Big Baby’ Cried
When one of the children cried over no reason, we would all sing:

Mtoto mkubwa
Analiya,
Anataka
Matiti ya mama yake,
Cholololo Ayibu!

When You Were Fooled
When we managed to hoodwink someone into believing a story, we would all chant:

Danganya,
Danganya toto jinga,
Sumuni,
Sumuni na ndururu
Takula kitu gani?

When You Were Late for School
In nursery school, if you were late for class, we would all go:

Chelewa, chelewa, ma-so-mo!
Uuuuuuuuuuu!
Chelewa, chelewa, ma-so-mo!

8 comments:

The 27th Comrade said...

Hehehe.
Without them songs, a childhood is generally non-existent. There can't be a gap in the `songs' section, really.

The 27th Comrade said...

Oh, and there is the BHH on Thursday. At Mateo's. 6:30pm. Hint, hint, hint... :o)

Samali Mudamuli Ntikita Ntikita said...

Comrade, thanks. I will try to be there.

feather said...

still love the songs i used to sing. (i still sing them)

Esquire of the mountain said...

these songs made me smile this morning(its 7 hrs behind UG here) as i came to work...the chelewa songs is in Gishu right?
Oh and thanks for death of love reflection, glad to know i put your thoughts to paper(P.S, this is not exactly what i have said in the blog commentary, make sure u check to ensure i dont misrepresent your thoughts!!)

Samali Mudamuli Ntikita Ntikita said...

@Feather: I wish I had a way of putting the music so you would all hear how funny they sounded.

@Esquire: I have seen the comment and it is ok. No, the 'chelewa' song is in Swahili. The word means late. Does it mean the same in Lugisu? I grew up in Kenya and I hardly know Lugisu, which is a shame because I am my late father’s eldest child.

jny23 said...

I couldn't help it but had to comment almost 2 years after yu posted this.
This is too too hillarious. So yu grew up in Kenya as most of the songs are in swahili. And how did yu learn that matooke song?

Oke, yo posts are so interesting that i decided to go back and read all yo old posts. Since morning ive been on yo blog. i shd call today, "Mudamuli blog's day".

Samali Mudamuli Ntikita Ntikita said...

Jny, the Matooke song was sang by my brother one time as I was out playing with my friends who were Kenyans. My friends crammed that song and sang it to us for years after that incident