Ima jo olo adawan k’edido;
CHORUS: Adawan o
dawan!
This adawan domi d’efshue ;
CHORUS: Adawan o
dawan!
Ihen, Adawan, showo maraju?
CHORUS: Adawan o
dawan!
I sun isi, gbi isi yan adawan;
Chai, Adawan henren vaju isi;
CHORUS: Adawan o dawan!
Ihen, Adawan, showo maraju?
CHORUS: Adawan o
dawan!
Adawan hen: ogede imara ju;
CHORUS: Adawan o
dawan!
I ran esuru, gbayan adawan;
Chai, Adawan henren mavaju;
CHORUS: Adawan o dawan!
Ihen, Adawan, showo maraju?
CHORUS: Adawan o
dawan!
Adawan hen: ogede imara ju;
CHORUS: Adawan o
dawan!
Ima jo olo adawan k’edido;
CHORUS: Adawan o
dawan!
This adawan domi d’efshue ;
CHORUS: Adawan o
dawan!
=DEOLA==
TRANSLATION:
Met a girl on my way home;
CHORUS: Pretty so
Engelic!
She followed me home;
CHORUS: Pretty so
Engelic!
Miss, what would you eat?
CHORUS: Pretty so
Engelic!
I roasted yam, gave to her;
I don’t eat yam. She said;
CHORUS: Pretty so
Engelic!
Miss, what would you eat?
CHORUS: Pretty so
Engelic!
Sweet banana, she said;
CHORUS: Pretty so
Engelic!
I boiled potato, gave to her;
I don’t eat ‘tato. She said;
CHORUS: Pretty so
Engelic!
Miss, what would you eat?
CHORUS: Pretty so
Engelic!
Sweet banana, she said;
CHORUS: Pretty so
Engelic!
Met a girl on my way home;
CHORUS: Pretty so
Engelic!
She followed me home;
CHORUS: Pretty so
Engelic!
=DEOLA========================================================
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This is a song of Uro-Ajowa language. I just woke up this morning, and the memories of my childhood moonlight play re-echoes in my this big skull. The song is danced in a peculiar dance-steps, with a boy and a girl, literally summarizing the biblical account of the story of Adam and Eve. ===DEOLA.
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