Tingilingili
Dickson Ndambuki sent me this song and wrote... "The song is sung in primary schools by children among the Akamba tribe in Kenya... (it's) sang in Practical Education concerts."
Tingilingili
Tingilingili
Children's Song
Children's Song
(Kikamba)
(English)
Tingilingili tingilingili
Mwalimu nukutwita tingilingili
Atwita kiwanzani tingilingili
Na ngua sya mathau
Ta nyunyi sya yayaya tingilingili
Tumwonie mathau maseo tingilingili
Tingilingili tingilingili
The teacher is calling us tingilingili
Calling us on the playground tingilingili
Dressed in PE kit
Like birds of the blue sky tingilingili
We will show you gymnastics tingilingili...
Notes
Vocabulary
tingilingili = sounds like ding-a-ling
mathau = gymnastics
mwalimu =teacher
nyunyi = birds
yayaya = sky
ngua = pe kit (truck suits)
Comments
Kikamba is a Bantu language, spoken by the Akamba tribe.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Dickson Ndambuki for contributing this song.
Nuseo!