Luyện nghe bài hát Abiyoyo

Story by Seeger
traditional African music 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,
bImp blmp, blmp blmp, blmp!'
Grown-ups said "Get that out of here!"

Not that, the boy's father was a gettin'
in trouble. He was a magician. He had a
wand. He could go 'Zoop! Zoop!' make
things disappear. But the father too
many tricks on people. Somebody a
hard job of work, 'zzt, zzt, zzt', up the
father his magic wand, 'Zoop!' no saw.
Come to about to drink a nice cold
of something, 'Zoop!' the glass
disappears, He'd come to 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
live on the of town.

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

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

He to the sheep pasture, grabs a
whole sheep, 'Yeowp!' to the cow
pasture, grabs a cow, 'Yeowp!'
Daniel, "Grab your most
and run! Run!" Just then 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 make him disappear."

The boy said "Come me, Father." He
his father by one hand. The father
gets the magic wand, the boy the
ukelele. They run 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, he didn't wash
'em. He up with his claws, the boy
whips out his ukelele and to sing.

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

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

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