BANDRA FESTAK

Here are the lyrics of one of the oldest songs “BANDRA FESTAK” by H.
Britton, which are taken from his audio cassette titled “NO PROBLEM”:

I
Bandra festak gelom hanv tea nimnnea Aitara
Ferien bonvtam-bonvtam horam zait ailim bara
Chonnekaram mhunnot ‘Bab gorom chonnem vora’
Chonnem khavnk urlom thuimsor pavlonam ghara

Chorus
Ha! Ha! Vah, vah, vah – lok ferien bonvta
Chevrisam sorpotel, sogllem thuimsor mevta
Merry-Go-Round-ar, chedde-cheddvam gunvta
Luttin kitem poitai, konnui konnak tenkta

Ha! Ha! Vah, vah, vah – lok ferien bonvta
Chevrisam sorpotel, sogllem thuimsor mevta
Merry-Go-Round-ar, chedde-cheddvam gunvta
Luttin kitem poitai, konnui konnak tenkta

II
Giant Wheel-ar bostolom mhunnon ticket kaddli
Moje kuxik tannen eke anttik dhaddli
Voir pavonam fuddem antti fugar zavn roddli
‘Oh my God’ mhunnon tinnen veng mhaka marli

Chorus
Ha, ha! ‘My God, my God’, antti suskar soddi
Uncle sokol, khonti-uske kaddi
Beautiful lady, asli itki saddi
Uddki marit mhunn, hanven ghott dhorli saddi

Ha, ha! ‘My God, my God’, antti suskar soddi
Uncle sokol, khonti-uske kaddi
Beautiful lady, asli itki saddi
Uddki marit mhunn, hanven ghott dhorli saddi

III
Matxe mukar, ring uddonvchem stall dislem
Tea stall-an tim ring-am divnk, sobit cheddum aslem
Kensanchem mountain kelelem mojem sintid thoim urlem
Ring uddoilelem tachea mountain-ar poddlem

Chorus
Yeah, yeah! ‘Lucky fellow’ mhunn bobav lokacho
Har ghalun fulancho, fottu kaddlo amcho
Ugddass vechonam Montichea festacho
Chear anneank hanv mog jiklom Bandrachea cheddvacho

Chorus
Yeah, yeah! ‘Lucky fellow’ mhunn bobav lokacho
Har ghalun fulancho, fottu kaddlo amcho
Ugddass vechonam Montichea festacho
Chear anneank hanv mog jiklom Bandrachea cheddvacho

Dialog:

H. Briton: Hello! Wish you happy feast!
Girl: Wish you the same – happy feast, happy feast!
H. Briton: How about a light kiss?
Girl: What? A tight kiss?
H. Briton: No, no, no – not tight kiss; a light kiss
Girl: Oh-h-h-h! You are most welcome! Happy feast; happy feast!




(From Dom’s antique shelf)!
Domnic Fernandes
Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA