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01 May 00 - 04:57 PM (#221019) Subject: 'Everybody Loves Saturday Night' From: GUEST,Jane Field-janef@interlog.com my community choir is singing a folk song from Nigeria called "Everybody Loves Saturday Night". Nobody seems to know what Nigerian language we are singing, however. The words are: bobo waro fero Satodeh. Does anyone know if this is Yoruba or Ibo or which of some 500 possible languages spoken in Nigeria? Thanks for your help. |
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02 May 00 - 07:33 AM (#221380) Subject: RE: 'Everybody Loves Saturday Night' From: GUEST,Garry of Australia Mary Jane, if you are the same one who was involved with the Macquarie Towns Folk Club, give us a call re the reunion concert later this year, you know my number Garry |
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02 May 00 - 10:09 AM (#221437) Subject: RE: 'Everybody Loves Saturday Night' From: Callie Moya SImpson from Canberra teaches the song too - you could try calling her about it. If you need her number, send me a personal message and I'll respond with the number (don't like to post personal numbers here!) --Callie |
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02 May 00 - 11:22 AM (#221477) Subject: RE: 'Everybody Loves Saturday Night' From: Amos This song is sung in many languages, but I don't know the Nigerian version. The verse in French goes "Tout le monde aime Samedi soir. FWIW |
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02 May 00 - 01:56 PM (#221554) Subject: RE: 'Everybody Loves Saturday Night' From: Sourdough I first heard the song in the Louis deRochemont widescreen movie (I think it was more of a documentary than anythng else - but beautifully shot as I recall) that came out in the mid-Fifties called "Windjammer". It was about he adventures of Nowegian naval cadets on board the Christiaan Radich, a steel hulled "tall ship" used by the Norwegian Navy for cadet training. The song probably ran for three minutes and each verse was the same lyric sung in a different language. There was Polish, German, Chinese, Hebrew, etc. but the thought was always the same. I don't know that this helps but it may offer you a lead or two. Sourdough |
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02 May 00 - 06:03 PM (#221701) Subject: RE: 'Everybody Loves Saturday Night' From: Susanne (skw) While not being able to help Jane with her question, I'd suggest we try and collect verses in as many languages as possible. This is the standard German version which proves again that German is a lamentably unmusical language ... Jedermann liebt Sonnabend nacht |
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02 May 00 - 10:55 PM (#221856) Subject: RE: 'Everybody Loves Saturday Night' From: Pablo So what does "Eider man hat dem Samstag abend" mean? |
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03 May 00 - 09:30 AM (#222138) Subject: RE: 'Everybody Loves Saturday Night' From: Frankham The song was popularized by Pete Seeger. I don't remember his source but he was responsible for putting the foreign language verses to it. I know because I was with him when he called a Chinese restaurant to add a verse. As I understand the song from Pete, it's about the curfew placed by the government (Nigerian?) on the people for Saturday nights and this song was a protest against the restriction. Frank |
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03 May 00 - 06:03 PM (#222522) Subject: RE: 'Everybody Loves Saturday Night' From: Susanne (skw) Pablo, it's probably a corruption of what I posted. 'Eider' doesn't mean anything, but comes close to 'jeder' in pronunciation. 'Hat' is an easy substitution to make if you've forgotten the proper verb - it just means has. And 'Samstag abend' means basically the same as 'Sonnabend nacht' - 'Saturday evening / night'. 'Sonnabend' is a north German term, 'Samstag' the more common one over the rest of Germany. I find my version sings better. Where did you learn it? And is there a Spanish verse? - Susanne |
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03 May 00 - 08:46 PM (#222663) Subject: RE: 'Everybody Loves Saturday Night' From: Pablo I think mine is from the RUS book (blush), but I can add some Arabic, alternate Chinese (Mandarin?), and a modified Greek. |