Luyện nghe bài hát Abiyoyo

Story by Pete
African music 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. go around town,
'Blmp, blmp, blmp, blmp, blmp, blmp, blmp,
blmp blmp, blmp blmp, blmp!'
Grown-ups said "Get thing out of here!"

Not that, the boy's 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 on people. Somebody 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 cold
of something, 'Zoop!' the glass
disappears, come to someone about
to sit down after a hard work, 'Zoopl'
no chair.

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

Now in this town they used to stories.
The old people to tell stories about
the giants lived in the old days They
used to tell a about a giant called
Abiyoyo. They he was as tall as a
and could eat...people... up.
Of course, believed 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 feel the whole ground shake.
'Stomp, stomp'. screamed, 'Ahh!'
Strong men "Ohh!" - "Run for
your lives! coming!"

He came to the sheep pasture, a
sheep, 'Yeowp!' Comes to the cow
pasture, grabs a cow, 'Yeowp!'
Daniel, "Grab your most
and run! Run!" Just then the
boy and his father up "Hey, Paw,
what's coming 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 the field. People
yelled, "Don't go near him! eat you
alive!" was Abiyoyo. He had long
fingernails cause he cut 'em.
teeth, cause he didn't brush
them. Stinking feet, 'cause he 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 foolish spread
the giant's 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 'Zoop!, Zoop!' people looked out
the window, disappeared.

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

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