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Allaleya

from View From Somewhere by Amira Kheir

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Allaleya
(Trad.)

Allaleya the lemon tree's watering is by night

Allaleya he was young like a bird
Allaleya one day they dressed him in a 'kumama'
Allaleya they took him to Khashm Allgirba
May he return safely to our village

Allaleya the lemon tree's watering is by night

Allaleya to you the Italian
Allaleya and to you the German
Allaleya if you hit the Sudanese
Take your wealth out side it's no good here

Allaleya the lemon tree's watering is by night

Allaleya an airplane came flying around
Allaleya it came to hit our groves
Allaleya it came to hit Khartoum
But it hit the donkey of Kaltoum the milk lady

Allaleya the lemon tree's watering is by night

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from View From Somewhere, released July 18, 2011

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Amira Kheir London, UK

The music of Sudanese-Italian singer Amira Kheir, who has been tagged by BBC World News as the "diva of the Sudanese desert", is rooted in ancient Nubian and Niolitic melodies, and is confidently married with experimental jazz and bursts of electric desert blues. She has previously released two albums, both to critical acclaim, View From Somewhere (2011) and Alsahraa (2014). ... more

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