Come sing! And celebrate places we love in and around Mparntwe, Alice Springs.
All welcome, all singing levels, and free.
Thanks to Mparntwe Alice Springs Community Foundation.
**To get to the Westside Community Gardens, enter via Memorial Ave. Use the driveway beside the School Bus Interchange carpark and follow directions to Gillen Dog Park.
Featured songs:
Ide Were Were (Traditional Yoruban Chant)
Lisa G. Littlebird Arrangement, song information and parts available at Bird Sings
Ide were were nita oshun
Ide were were
Ide were were nita oshun
Ide were were nita ya
Ocha kiniba nita oshun
Cheke cheke cheke
Nita ya
Ide were were
Inside My Kitchen (Tiddas)
Music video available
Come inside into my kitchen
And let you feed your weary mind
You can settle and I will listen
To the problems that you find
In this world in which we live
I’ve got time to give
I’ve got time to give
Nah-nah-nah-nay, nup-du-dum x2
Face looks tired, your body’s shaking
With all the thinking that you do
There’s a mountain of pain on your shoulders
It’s too much to bear alone
Feel the pain and all the suffering
Carry the load
For what?
For nothing
Nah-nah-nah-nay, nup-du-dum x2
Get outta your head
And into this world
Can’t solve the problems, no – no!
At least not on your own
Not on your own
Woah x4
Woah - Come inside into my kitchen
Woah - Rest your feet, your weary mind
Woah - You can settle & I will listen
Woah - To the problems that you find
Nah-nah-nah-nay, nup-du-dum x2
To the problems that you find
Nah-nah-nah-nay, nup-du-dum x2
Queen of Fado (Rosie Ballard)
Her nan taught her when she was five
How fado can keep you alive
She said sing with passion, sing with pride
And clasped her hands, closed her eyes
And she sang with her heart open wide
Heart open wide
The lights dim as she starts to sing
Tear drop shaped guitar at the bar
Olives and greens, cod and sardines
Song of the salty sea
And lovers meant to be
And she sang with her heart open wide
Heart open wide
At an older age she takes the stage
Alfama’s heart beat she’s heard from the street
Song of the salty sea
And lovers meant to be
Song of the salty sea
And lovers meant to be