From: naik@nynexst.com (Jay Naik)
Subject: Lyrics of Kailasam's poem 
Organization: Nynex Science and Technology
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 92 15:46:43 GMT



>From: muddarm@mist.CS.ORST.EDU (Manjunath Muddarangegowda { Manju })
> Is it possible for any one to send the lyrics thro this newsgroup and i will be greatful to them.
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   "KannaDakkobbane Kailasam" !

   During his stay in Britain, T.P. Kailasam heard the marching song, 
          It's a long way to Tipperary
          It's a long way to go
          It's a long way to Tipperary
          To the sweetest girl I know

          Goodbye Piccadilly
          Hello Leicester("lester") square
          It's a long long way to Tipperary
          But my heart stays there..

       and he thought of the faraway tippaaraLLi and its belle Basvi....

   Here goes... 

          namma tippaaraLLi balu doora
          naDiyaak balu doora
          namma tippaaraLLi balu doora
          aadre allouL nam Basvee

              bOregowDanemba gowDa banda bengaLoorge 
              baLEpETe baaTee mEle baruttiddaaga
              powDer-givDar haakikonDa manushyaLobbaLu
              kaNNu-giNNU miTiksi-giTiksi noDi nakkaaga 
              haaDda, "bEDavvaa baLepETe
              namaskaar nagarthpETe"

          namma tippaaraLLi balu doora
          naDiyaak balu doora

              tamaashe noDak bOra onTa laalbaag tOTakke
              hulin noDi bare haakid doD bek andkonDa
              bOnoLag nuggi huliben savarda, "puss puss" antidda
              huli rEgkonD bOran kedavkonD hallugaL bittaaga
              bOra bedarkonD kaNNeer surisda, kaimugid kirichda
              "buTbuDappa bekkinraayaa 
              namaskaar nannoDeyaa"

          namma tippaaraLLi balu doora
          naDiyaak balu doora

              Basveen karkonD bOra banda ijjidashmeege
              armane gate mund ambaari kattid Ane noDida
              Basveen meTTalmEl hattisbiT taanu bur-bur nakbiTTa
              maavutar moolka gurikaar gumma iLeenta kirichdaaga
              Ane koraLna odeeta naDastaa haaDta hogtidda
              "maneg hOgrO maavut saabraa,
              gantala uLiskoLrO gurikaarraa"

          namma tippaaraLLi balu doora
          naDiyaak balu doora

    This is the way I have sung it and heard it sung by others. If any of you
 has a published text of this song, please post corrections, if any. Also, 
 the tempo of this song is 16 beats per line (one cycle of teen taal,  for 
 those of you who know tabla; can play keharwa also) and to maintain this
 rhythm many of the vowels have to be either reduced or skipped altogether. 

   T/D - retroflexed consonants, unvoiced/voiced, aaTa(play) / haaDu(song)
   t/d - dental, unvoiced/voiced   kOti(monkey) / daari(way)
   L   - retroflexed liquid        haLLi(village)
   u   - (lip-rounded) vowel as in huli(tiger)
   O   - long o  hOgu(go) 
   E   - long monophthong as in bEku(want)

 Cheers,
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 Jayant Naik

p.s. From someone's earlier post :

>|> idan hadakbarade bai bidonu beppu nan maga.

This is from /another/ classic of Kailasam's, (a take off on 
  Constantinople!
  C-O-N-S-T-A-N-T-I-N-O-P-L-E! .... )
    
         naanu kOLeeke rangaa
         kO-nu Lee-nu kE-nu ra-nu sonne-gaa ! 
		 kakott-kOli kakett-kara ond sonneyoonu gaa
         idna haadakbarde bayi bidOnu (ha ha ha ha ha ha)
         beppu nanmagaa! 
 
         naanu kOLeeke rangaa
         kO-nu Lee-nu kE-nu ra-nu sonne-gaa ! 
		 kakott-kOli kakett-kara ond sonneyoonu gaa
	     namma tipparaLLi bOran aNNan tamman doDmagaa!         

The rest of the lyrics.... next time..

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  J.
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