Daha dün annemizin kollarιnda

Daha dün annemizin kollarιnda is sung to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star...

Daha dün annemizin kollarιnda

Children's Song

(Turkish)

Daha dûn annemizin kollarιnda yaşarken
Çiçekli bahçemizin.
Yollarιnda koşarken
Şimdi okullu olduk
Sιnιflarι dordulduk
Sevinçliyiz hepimiz yaşasιn okulumuz.

Only Yesterday

Children's Song

(English)

Only yesterday, we would play with our mommies.
We would run in the alley of our flowered garden.
Now we're schoolchildren,
We fill our classrooms,
We're all very happy.
Long live our school.

Daha dün annemizin kollarιnda

Only Yesterday

Children's Song

(Turkish)

(English)

Daha dûn annemizin kollarιnda yaşarken
Çiçekli bahçemizin.
Yollarιnda koşarken
Şimdi okullu olduk
Sιnιflarι dordulduk
Sevinçliyiz hepimiz yaşasιn okulumuz.

Only yesterday, we would play with our mommies.
We would run in the alley of our flowered garden.
Now we're schoolchildren,
We fill our classrooms,
We're all very happy.
Long live our school.

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Thanks and Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Monique Palomares' Turkish student ladies for recording this song and to Ayşe Alıcı for translating it into French.

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