Luyện nghe bài hát Abiyoyo

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

Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo,
Abiyoyo, yoyoyo,

upon 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 "Get that thing out of here!"

Not only that, the boy's father was a
in trouble. He was a magician. He had a
wand. He could go 'Zoop! Zoop!' make
things disappear. But the played too
many on people. Somebody doing a
job of work, 'zzt, zzt, zzt', up comes 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 after a hard work, 'Zoopl'
no chair.

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

Now in town they used to tell stories.
The old people to tell stories about
the that lived in the old days They
used to tell a story about a giant
Abiyoyo. They he was as tall as a
house and eat...people... up.
Of course, believed it, but they
the story anyway.

One day, one day, the sun rose, red
over the hill. And the people got up
and looked out of their window, saw a
great big in front of the sun. And
could feel 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 your precious
possessions and run! Run!" Just the
boy and his father up "Hey, Paw,
coming over the field?" - Oh, Son,
that's Abiyoyo. Oh, if I could get him
to lie down, I make him disappear."

The boy said "Come me, Father." He
grabs his father by one hand. The
gets the magic wand, the boy the
ukelele. run across the field. People
yelled, "Don't go him! He'll eat you
alive!" was Abiyoyo. He had long
fingernails he never cut 'em.
Slobbery teeth, cause he brush
them. Stinking feet, 'cause he didn't
'em. He up with his claws, the boy
whips out his ukelele and to sing.

Well, you the giant had never heard a song
himself 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 down flat
on the ground 'Zoop!, Zoop!' looked out
the window, disappeared.

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

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