Fine, Fine Kemcha
This song means, "Handsome Kemcha is not as rich as he claims to be."
Fine, Fine Kemcha
Very Handsome Kemcha
Children's Song
Children's Song
(Cameroonian Pidgin English)
(English)
Fine, fine Kemcha
Fine, fine Kemcha
Fine, fine Kemcha
No money for pocket
Big man for mot,
Big man for mot
Big man for mot
No money for pocket
Very handsome Kemcha*
Very handsome Kemcha
Very handsome Kemcha
No money for pocket
Big man for mouth,
Big man for mouth,
Big man for mouth,
No money for pocket.
Notes
*Nyango Melissa wrote, "Kemcha is a man's name. Fine fine = very handsome. (in Pidgin English and most of our Cameroonian languages, saying the word twice suggests 'very', for example - big big man = a very big man; far far town = a very far town, fine fine girl = very beautiful girl.) 'Mot' is 'mouth' in Pidgin English. So the song actually means, 'Handsome Kemcha is not as rich as he claims to be.'"
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Nyango Melissa Nambangi of the Minnesota African Women's Association for contributing this song and for explaining what it means.