Re: Besides, 'Dol Mojea Bai..' what else you remember?? (Gabriel de
Figueiredo)
I think it went as "Intum Intum Bos re Mora, pilam (chicks) Kadda, pilam
kaddun mor ubhun ghela".
I recall holding baby's tiny hands and clapping: "doni bobe ani donim
bobulam
bobeank pitt kaloilam, pitt assa punn ghodd na
posrear otolo konn nam, babalo (baielo) papa ghara nam"
and again when the "Kavllo" sat on the window sill crowing:
"Kam, Kam re kavllea, babalea (baelea) papac dekhlolo
oi re oi, to taka pipitam (sweets) ghetalo, tim tajea mogachea babac (baiec)
mhunttalo"
"Gonnin, gonnim, paktte aloi, satoi ganv bhoun io
Pilanchi panji gheun io ge, pilanchi panji gheun io."
Imagine all the above lullabyes related with our Goan birds and with mother
nature. I am happy to tell you that the last song always pacified my
children and grandchildren as well and put them immediately to sleep.
Just a stray thought, to quote our Raj Narayan, my daughter went down to
Goa with her husband (paclo) and small baby, and they were caught in the
confusion of the invasion of Kuwait by Saddam and so had to travel by bus
from Goa to Bombay and Bombay airport was a mess, their flight to London
delayed, etc. etc., having missed the connecting flight to Lisbon. The baby,
just a year old, usually peaceful and cheerful, decided that it had had
enough of all this and started howling, wanting to bring down the Heathrow
Airport. As related to me by my daughter, her husband took him from her arms
and started "lulling" him and singing "gonni, gonni....." and the baby
immediately quietened down and went to sleep. To date we do not know what
words he used because she herself does not know the words except for the
first line which is pronounced by her with a very Portuguese accent".
Some more later.
Livia
