Luyện nghe bài hát Abiyoyo

Story by Pete
traditional African music arranged by Rev. HCN and JN Maselwa

Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo,
Abiyoyo, yoyoyo,

Once upon a time was a little boy who
played the ukelele. go around 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 father was a gettin'
in trouble. He was a magician. He had a
magic wand. He could go 'Zoop! Zoop!'
disappear. But the father played too
many tricks on people. doing a
job of work, 'zzt, zzt, zzt', up comes the
father with his wand, 'Zoop!' no saw.
Come to someone about to drink a nice
of something, 'Zoop!' the glass
disappears, He'd to someone about
to sit down after a hard work, 'Zoopl'
no chair.

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

Now in this they used to tell stories.
The old people to tell stories about
the that lived in the old days They
used to tell a about a giant called
Abiyoyo. said he was as tall as a
and could eat...people... up.
Of course, nobody it, but they
told the anyway.

One day, one day, the sun rose, red
the hill. And the first people got up
and looked out of their window, saw a
big shadow in front 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 your precious
possessions and run! Run!" then the
boy and his woke up "Hey, Paw,
what's coming 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 by one hand. The father
gets the wand, the boy gets the
ukelele. They run the field. People
yelled, "Don't go him! He'll eat you
alive!" was Abiyoyo. He had long
fingernails cause he cut 'em.
teeth, cause he didn't brush
them. feet, 'cause he didn't wash
'em. He up with his claws, the boy
out his ukelele and starts to sing.

Well, you know the had never heard a song
about himself before, and a grin spread
over the giant's face. And the giant 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 'Zoop!, Zoop!' people looked out
the window, disappeared.

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

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