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Ooho….
Naadodi koottam naanga thilaelaelo
Naattil nallathu kettathu therinjavanga thillaelaelo
Naadodi koottam naanga thilaelaelo
Naattil nallathu kettathu therinjavanga thillaelaelo
Paadaatha paadu pattu thilaelaelo
Paazhum panaththa saerththu vaikaathavanga thilaelaelo
Paadaatha paadu pattu thilaelaelo
Paazhum panaththa saerththu vaikaathavanga thilaelaelo
Aadi paadi pozhaichavanga thilaelaelo
Male :Aahaan aahaan aa hi aahaan aa hi
Female :Aadi paadi pozhaichavanga thilaelaelo
Naanga aala yaechchu pozhaikka maattom thilaelaelo
Yaelelo mama
Male :Yaelelo maami
Female :Yaelelo mama
Male :Yaelelo maami
Female :Yae mama
Male :Yae maami
Female :Yae mama
Male :Yae maami
Female :Yaelae….mchchaan
Aadi paadi pozhaichavanga thilaelaelo
Naanga aala yaechchu pozhaikka maattom thilaelaelo
Koodi kudiya kedukka maattom thilaelaelo
Katchi kolgai edhilum saera maattom thilaelaelo
Koodi kudiya kedukka maattom thilaelaelo
Katchi kolgai edhilum saera maattom thilaelaelo
Veedu vaasal kattikittu vendiyathelllam thedikittu
Veedu vaasal kattikittu vendiyathelllam thedikittu
Velaa velaikku undukittu vesanamattru vaazhaama
Aadu maadu pola naattilae alaivathennadi thangamae thangam
Neenga naattinilae alaivathennadi thangamae thangam
Kashttappattu veettakatti kandavanaikku kudi vachchupputta
Kashttappattu veettakatti kandavanaikku kudi vachchupputta
Kaali panni tharanumennu kacherikku ponaalum
Kaali panni tharanumennu kacherikku ponaalum
Sattapadi namakku adhila salugai yaedhum illaennu
Sattapadi namakku adhila salugai yaedhum illaennu
Pattanaththukaarar sonnaar
Adhanala ishtapadala singamae singam
Veedu kattikaththaan ishtapadala singamae singam
Adhavidu pogattum
Nanja punja vaangaama naagareegam illaama
Nanja punja vaangaama naagareegam illaama
Nadaimuraiya maaththaama naalu per mathikkaama
Panjapaattu paadiyae vaazhvathaen
Padhilai solladi thangamae thangam
Ketta kelvikku padhila solladi thangamae thangam
Adhuvaa kanji kudikanumaa
Kanji kudikanumaa kashttapadu padanumaa
Kalappa pidicchhu uzhaathavan uzhavan kitta vidanumaa
Kalappa pidicchhu uzhaathavan uzhavan kitta vidanumaa
Anjil rendu pangu namakku uzhavanukku moonunnu
Anjil rendu pangu namakku uzhavanukku moonunnu
Thanjaaloorukaran sonnaan
Evan sonnaan
Female :Thanjaaloorukaran sonnaan
Adhanaala thalaiyidala singamae singam
Nanja punjaiyila thalaiyidala singamae singam
Munnaala irukiravanga mundaasu maraikuthunnu
Pinnaala irukkiravanga pechchu kettuthu
Munnaala irukiravanga mundaasu maraikuthunnu
Pinnaala irukkiravanga pechchu kettuthu
Salaam varuguthu thalaipaaya edunga
Pinnaala irukkiravanga pechchu kettuthu
Kannaadi potta manushan kanjan pola thonuraaru
Kannaadi potta manushan kanjan pola thonuraaru
Kambi neetta paakkuraaru kavanichchu paaru
Aala kavanichchu paaru
Kambi neetta paakkuraaru kavanichchu paaru
Aala kavanichchu paaru
Thannaala inga oruthar
Thaalaththa pottu uttuputtaaru
Thannaala inga oruthar
Thaalaththa pottu uttuputtaaru
Thallaadum thathaa oruthar
Thalaiya thalaiya aatturaaru
Thallaadum thathaa oruthar
Thalaiya thalaiya aatturaaru…..
Oho...
We are a band of nomads, thilelelo
Who know what is good and bad in this world, thillelelo
We are a band of nomads, thilelelo
Who know what is good and bad in this world, thillelelo
After toiling through endless hardships, thilelelo
We are not ones to hoard useless money, thillelelo
After toiling through endless hardships, thilelelo
We are not ones to hoard useless money, thillelelo
We make our living singing and dancing, thilelelo
Male: Ahan, ahan, ah-hi, ahan, ah-hi
Female: We make our living singing and dancing, thilelelo
We never cheat anyone to make a living, thilelelo
Elelo, uncle!
Male: Elelo, auntie!
Female: Elelo, uncle!
Male: Elelo, auntie!
Female: Hey uncle!
Male: Hey auntie!
Female: Hey uncle!
Male: Hey auntie!
Female: Hey... cousin!
We make our living singing and dancing, thilelelo
We never cheat anyone to make a living, thilelelo
We don't gang up to ruin someone's home, thilelelo
We don't join any political party or faction, thilelelo
We don't gang up to ruin someone's home, thilelelo
We don't join any political party or faction, thilelelo
Instead of building a house and gathering all you need,
Instead of building a house and gathering all you need,
Eating meals on time and living comfortably,
Why do you wander the country like stray cattle, my precious gold?
Why do you roam around the country, my precious gold?
If you struggle hard to build a house and let a stranger rent it,
If you struggle hard to build a house and let a stranger rent it,
Even if you go to court asking them to vacate,
Even if you go to court asking them to vacate,
"The law gives us no special relief in this matter,"
"The law gives us no special relief in this matter,"
A man from the city told me!
That is why I had no desire for it, my mighty lion!
I had no desire to build a house, my mighty lion!
Leave that aside, let it go!
Without buying wetlands or drylands, without modern living,
Without buying wetlands or drylands, without modern living,
Without changing your ways, without earning respect from people,
Why do you live singing songs of poverty?
Give me an answer, my precious gold!
Answer the question I asked, my precious gold!
Is that it? Just to drink a bit of porridge,
To drink a bit of porridge, should we suffer all that trouble?
If you cannot hold a plough yourself, should you hand land to a tenant farmer?
If you cannot hold a plough yourself, should you hand land to a tenant farmer?
"Two shares out of five for us, and three shares for the farmer,"
"Two shares out of five for us, and three shares for the farmer,"
A man from Thanjavur told me!
Who said that?
Female: A man from Thanjavur told me!
That is why I stayed away, my mighty lion!
I didn't get involved with farmlands, my mighty lion!
"The turban of the person in front is blocking our view,"
I heard the people in the back saying!
"The turban of the person in front is blocking our view,"
I heard the people in the back saying!
Greetings to you, please take off your turban!
I heard the people in the back saying!
That man wearing glasses looks like a miser!
That man wearing glasses looks like a miser!
He is trying to sneak away without paying, watch him closely!
Keep an eye on that man!
He is trying to sneak away without paying, watch him closely!
Keep an eye on that man!
Over here, all by himself, someone
Has started tapping along to the beat!
Over here, all by himself, someone
Has started tapping along to the beat!
An old, tottering grandfather
Is nodding his head along!
An old, tottering grandfather
Is nodding his head along...!
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