Luyện nghe bài hát Abiyoyo

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

Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo,
Abiyoyo, yoyoyo,

Once upon a there 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 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
things disappear. But the played too
many tricks on people. Somebody a
hard job of work, 'zzt, zzt, zzt', up the
father his magic wand, 'Zoop!' no saw.
to someone 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.

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

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

One day, one day, the sun rose, red
over the hill. And the first got up
and out of their window, they 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 to the sheep pasture, grabs a
sheep, 'Yeowp!' Comes to the cow
pasture, grabs a cow, 'Yeowp!'
Daniel, "Grab your precious
possessions and run! Run!" Just the
boy and his woke up "Hey, Paw,
what's over the field?" - Oh, Son,
that's Abiyoyo. Oh, if I could get him
to lie down, I could him disappear."

The boy "Come with me, Father." He
grabs his by one hand. The father
the magic wand, the boy gets the
ukelele. They run across the field.
yelled, "Don't go near him! 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 up with his claws, the boy
whips out his ukelele and to sing.

Well, you know the giant had never a song
himself before, and a foolish 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 down flat
on the 'Zoop!, Zoop!' people looked out
the window, disappeared.

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

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