♫ Tanglish lyrics
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Naan paarththaalum paarthendi
Madras pattanaththai
Paththu kannu podhaathammaa
Patti kaattammaa
Naan paarththaalum paarthendi
Madras pattanaththai
Paththu kannu podhaathammaa
Patti kaattammaa
Theruvengum pranthikadai thiranthirukkaanga
Thinanthorum kannkaatchi nadaththikkiraanga
Theruvengum pranthikadai thiranthirukkaanga
Thinanthorum kannkaatchi nadaththikkiraanga
Paathi kaatti record dance aadikkiraangammaa
Amma amma ammammaa
Paathi kaatti record dance aadikkiraangammaa
Angae panamirunthaa
Kottaiyai kooda vaangikkiraangamma
Ammammaa ammammaa aamaammaa
Naan paarththaalum paarthendi
Madras pattanaththai
Paththu kannu podhaathammaa
Patti kaattammaa
Naan oru naal saavaainu
Oru hotel-kku ponaen
Hotel-kku perae saavaainu vachchirukkaanae
Eppadi irukkumonnu ninaichen
Ullae poe paarththaa
Aambalaiyum pombalaiyum
Kaalmaari thalaimaari aaduraanga adhu dance
You and i dance
Mayakkamaa irukkuthae
Anaikkavo edukkavo
Naan paarththaalum paarthendi
Madras pattanaththai
Paththu kannu podhaathammaa
Patti kaattammaa
Kuppaththilae kaasai alli pottirukkaanga
Kooda oru mudhalaiyaiyum vittirukkaanga
Thundu potta manshanga
Ellaam suththigiraangammaa
Intha naattai aala povathaaga ennikiraangammaa
Naan paarththaalum paarthendi
Madras pattanaththai
Paththu kannu podhaathammaa
Patti kaattammaa
Naan oru periya virunthukku ponaen
Angae oru ponnu vanthaa
Pakkaththilae ponathukappuramthaan
Ponnunnu therinjuthu
Ava nadanthaa enna nadai vaathu nadai
Avalukku udhadae illa polirukku
Kayilaeyae udhattai vachchirunthaa
Puruvamum illai polirukku
Adhaiyum kaiyilaeyae vachirunthaa
Aaradi koondhal araiyadithaan original
Avvalavu alangaaraththaiyum paarthaen
Adhai paarththathum avaloda aadanum paadanum
Ennennavo pannanum pola sabalam thonichchu
One and two and three
Laarampam pam pamparam pam
Pam pamparam pam pampampaam
Laarampam pam pamparam pam
Pam pamparam pam pampampaam
Oh girl, did I ever see it,
The grand city of Madras!
Even ten eyes are not enough to take it all in,
My dear village lady...!
Oh girl, did I ever see it,
The grand city of Madras!
Even ten eyes are not enough to take it all in,
My dear village lady...!
They have opened liquor shops on every street,
And they put on exhibitions every single day!
They have opened liquor shops on every street,
And they put on exhibitions every single day!
Revealing half their bodies, they dance cabaret, lady!
Oh my, oh my, good heavens!
Revealing half their bodies, they dance cabaret, lady!
Over there, if you have money...
They can buy up even the ruling fort, lady!
Oh my, oh my, yes indeed!
Oh girl, did I ever see it,
The grand city of Madras!
Even ten eyes are not enough to take it all in,
My dear village lady...!
One day, to a place called Savoy,
I went to a hotel.
He named the hotel Savoy, meaning 'go and die'!
I wondered what it would be like inside!
When I went inside and saw...
Men and women together
Were twisting topsy-turvy, legs and heads all over—that is their dance!
The 'You and I' dance!
It makes my head spin!
Should I embrace her or lift her up...?
Oh girl, did I ever see it,
The grand city of Madras!
Even ten eyes are not enough to take it all in,
My dear village lady...!
They poured heaps of cash into the slums,
And set a giant crocodile loose in there too!
Men with shoulder-cloths
Are roaming around everywhere, lady,
Imagining that they are the ones who will rule this land!
Oh girl, did I ever see it,
The grand city of Madras!
Even ten eyes are not enough to take it all in,
My dear village lady...!
I went to a grand party,
And a girl arrived there.
Only after I went up close
Did I realize she was a woman!
When she walked, what a walk—a duck waddle!
Looks like she had no lips of her own;
She was carrying her lips right in her hand!
Looks like she had no eyebrows either;
She was carrying those in her hand too!
Her hair was six feet long, but only half a foot was real!
I saw all that makeup and styling,
And seeing that, I wanted to dance and sing with her,
And felt the temptation to do all sorts of things!
One and two and three!
La rambam bam bambaram bam
Bam bambaram bam bambambaam
La rambam bam bambaram bam
Bam bambaram bam bambambaam...!
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