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,
bImp blmp, blmp blmp, blmp!'
Grown-ups said "Get that out of here!"

Not only that, the boy's was a gettin'
in trouble. He was a magician. He had a
magic wand. He could go 'Zoop! Zoop!'
things disappear. But the played too
many tricks on people. doing a
job of work, 'zzt, zzt, zzt', up comes the
father his magic wand, 'Zoop!' no saw.
to someone about to drink a nice cold
glass of something, 'Zoop!' the
disappears, He'd come to someone
to sit down after a hard day's work,
no chair.

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

Now in this town they to tell stories.
The old used 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, believed it, but they
told the anyway.

One day, one day, the sun rose, red
over the hill. And the first got up
and looked out of window, they saw a
big shadow in front of the sun. And
they could feel the 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, a whole cow, 'Yeowp!'
Daniel, "Grab your most
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 only get him
to lie down, I make him disappear."

The boy "Come with me, Father." He
grabs his father by one hand. The
gets the magic wand, the boy the
ukelele. They run the field. People
yelled, "Don't go near him! eat you
alive!" was Abiyoyo. He had long
cause he never cut 'em.
Slobbery teeth, cause he 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 giant had never a song
about himself before, and a grin spread
over the giant's face. And the 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 down
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 your ukelele,
we don t anymore!" And they all sang:

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