An extract from BOMOICAR: Stories of Bombay Goans, 1920-1980: pg 74: At school the honest-to-goodness Gerry (Dr.Gerry Rodricks) was appointed guardian of Alfred Rose, nicknamed Goencho pao or Makapao, for his Konkani-accented English. The two boys soon hit it off and Alfred found his fame as St.Xavier's singing idol for the ditty composed by his father, AMB (Ambrose) Fernandes, who supplied condensed milk cans to ships. The song, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO PAY ME WHAT YOU OWE ME? appears to have been inspired by AMB's debtors. As the lyrics go:
Lots of people in this world, they seem to have a knack, They borrow money from you, but they never pay you back, So I want you all to cry, every time those money twisters pass you by, When are you going to pay me what you owe me? (2) And the Konkani continuation of the song. A senior tiatrist who heard the song sent me Konkani words . WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO PAY M WHAT YOU OWE ME? ...Sang tum moje duddu kednam ditai? Sabar munis duddu magchea velar khobro sangtat Pun portun addun dinvchenant, tuje dusman zatat, Rostean tankam poilear, bolteach vatten poutat, Osleam munxank dekhtokuch sobemazar kantar korat CHORUS Sang tum moje duddu kednam ditai? Aiz don vorsam zalim pollon bonvtai, Ghara lagim ghelear, tum kuznantlean poutai Bailek sannicho muddo gheun tum darar bostai Post lifted from Alfred Rose Fan group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alfredrose/