Which Kind Soup Mami Cook So?
A Little Girls Dance Song
Nyango wrote: "Another little girls' dancing game. They start off in a ring walking round and clapping and responding to the lead singer. Then at the chorus, they stand still, put both hands on their waists and shake it from side to side.
The song simply asks: What kind of soup is this that mother has prepared? There is not salt nor pepper in it. Tell her I won't eat it. 'Ayamba soup' then implies it is a tasteless soup."
Which Kind Soup Mami Cook So?
What Kind Soup Is this that Mommy has Cooked?
Circle Dance
Circle Dance
(Cameroonian Pidgin English)
(English)
Lead: Which kind soup mami cook so?
All: Ayamba soup!
Lead: Salt no dey, pepper no de!
All: Ayamba soup
Lead: Tell am say I no go chop am!
All: Ayamba soup
Chorus:
Lead: Soup eh-eh! Soup eh!
All: Ayamba soup
(For as long as the lead keeps singing this.)
Repeat Song…
Lead: What kind of soup is this that Mommy has cooked?*
All: Ayamba soup!
Lead: No salt in it, no pepper in it!
All: Ayamba soup
Lead: Tell her I won't eat it!
All: Ayamba soup
Chorus:
Lead: Soup eh-eh! Soup eh!
All: Ayamba soup
(For as long as the lead keeps singing this.)
Repeat Song...
Notes
*It actually implies, "What the heck kind of soup is this?"
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Nyango M. Nambangi of the Minnesota African Women's Association for contributing this song.
Thanks so much!