Luyện nghe bài hát Abiyoyo

Story by Seeger
traditional African arranged by Rev. HCN Williams and JN Maselwa

Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo,
Abiyoyo, yoyoyo,

Once a time there was a little boy who
played the ukelele. He'd go town,
'Blmp, blmp, blmp, blmp, blmp, blmp, blmp,
blmp blmp, blmp blmp, blmp!'
Grown-ups said "Get that out of here!"

Not only that, the boy's father was a
in trouble. He was a magician. He had a
magic wand. He go 'Zoop! Zoop!' make
disappear. But the father played too
many tricks on people. Somebody a
hard job of work, 'zzt, zzt, zzt', up the
father with his wand, 'Zoop!' no saw.
Come to about to drink a nice cold
glass of something, 'Zoop!' the
disappears, He'd to someone about
to sit down a hard day's work, 'Zoopl'
no chair.

People to the father, "You get out
of here, too. Take your magic and
your son!" The boy and his were
ostracized. That they made them
on the edge of town.

Now in town they used to tell stories.
The old people used to tell about
the giants that in the old days They
used to a story about a giant called
Abiyoyo. They said he was as as a
house and eat...people... up.
Of course, nobody believed it, but
the story anyway.

One day, one day, the sun rose, red
over the hill. And the first got up
and looked out of their window, saw a
great big shadow in of the sun. And
they could the whole ground shake.
'Stomp, stomp'. screamed, 'Ahh!'
men fainted "Ohh!" - "Run for
your lives! coming!"

He came to the pasture, grabs a
whole sheep, 'Yeowp!' to the cow
pasture, grabs a cow, 'Yeowp!'
Daniel, "Grab most precious
and run! Run!" Just then the
boy and his father up "Hey, Paw,
coming over the field?" - Oh, Son,
that's Abiyoyo. Oh, if I only get him
to lie down, I could him disappear."

The boy said "Come me, Father." He
grabs his father by one hand. The
the magic wand, the boy gets the
ukelele. run across the field. People
yelled, "Don't go him! He'll eat you
alive!" There was Abiyoyo. He had
fingernails cause he cut 'em.
Slobbery teeth, he didn't brush
them. feet, 'cause he didn't wash
'em. He raised up his claws, the boy
whips out his and starts to sing.

Well, you know the giant had never a song
about before, and a foolish grin spread
over the face. And the giant started to
"Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo," the boy
faster, "Abiyoyo, yoyoyo, yoyoyo. Abiyoyo,
Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo," The
got out of breath. He staggered. He fell flat
on the ground 'Zoop!, Zoop!' people out
the window, disappeared.

They ran across the fields. They the boy
and his father up on shoulders. They said,
"Come back to town. Bring your ukelele,
we don t care anymore!" And all sang:

Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo,
(Oh, you it with me,)
Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo