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Thread #152119 Message #3791547
Posted By: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
22-May-16 - 01:50 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: O Ken Karanga (Kingston Trio)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: O Ken Karanga (Kingston Trio)
29. Ogoun Karanga
Ogoun Karanga, Karanga, Karanga dey,
Oie, oie, oie, O Borebo, Ogoun Karanga dey.
Ogoun Karanga, Karanga, Karanga dey,
Oie, oie, oie, O Borebo, Ogoun Karanga dey.
Oie, oie, oie, oie, oie, Borebo, Zoyea! Zoya!
Oie, oie, oie, oie, oie, Borebo, Zoyea! Zoya!
Fiderer de ray ray man. Fiderer de sakabo.
Fiderer de ray ray man. Fiderer!
Fiderer de ray ray man. Fiderer de sakabo.
Fiderer de ray ray man. Fiderer!
Fiderer! Fiderer! Fiderer!
Song of thanksgiving from the Shango cult. "Ogoun" (pronounced Og'n) means God. Karanga is his name.
[Connor, Edric, Walters, Gareth, Songs from Trinidad (London: Oxford U. Press, 1958, pp.48-49)]
Ogoun Karanga: Signal Hill Alumni Choir