Name: Koth Biro
Duration: P00H04M18S
Description: This performance, dedicated to its composer, Ayub Ogada, was performed and recorded by Sylvester Makobi. Makobi sings and plays nyatiti on the track. Jamaal Baptiste plays piano.

Ayub Ogada - Koth Biro

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This performance, dedicated to its composer, Ayub Ogada, was performed and recorded by Sylvester Makobi. Makobi sings and plays nyatiti on the track. Jamaal Baptiste plays piano.

lyrics

Hah! Haye! haye! haye!
Ouma bu winja?
(Ouma, do y’all hear/understand me?)
Koth biro,
(The rain is coming)
Kel uru dhok e dala!
(Y’all, bring back the cattle home!)
Ouma bu winja?
Koth biro,
Kel uru dhok e dala!
Hah! Haye! haye! haye!
Ouma bu winja?
Koth biro,
Kel uru dhok e dala!
Ouma bu winja?
Koth biro
Kel uru dhok e dala!
Hah! Haye! Haye! Haye!
Yaye nyithindo gi!
(Hey, you children!)

Un koro un utimoru nade?
(Now, why are you misbehaving yourselves?)
Koth biro,
(The rain is coming)
Kel uru dhok e dala!
(Y’all, bring back the cattle home)
To, yaye nyithindo gi!
(But now, you children!)
Un koro un utimoru nade?
Koth biro,
Kel uru dhok e dala!

credits

from Building Blocks, track released July 1, 2019
Voice and Nyatiti: Sylvester Makobi

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