Other songs

sent to the email list by Chloé

History

The song got its name after Ederlezi (otherwise known as Đurđevdan (Ђурђевдан) in Serbian, sometimes transcribed as Djurdjevdan) which is a Spring festival, especially celebrated by Roma people around the former Yugoslavia (and elsewhere around the world), regardless of religious affiliation. This holiday celebrates the return of springtime.

Translated from Romani:

By the Fanfare Ciocărlia, arrangement by the Cybodega des fanfares

Written by MikelAngelo (The Black Sea Gentlemen), available on the album "Carnival By Stealth" by the Orkestra del Sol.

music composed by our very own Telyn Kusalik!

the "slow" version of the mp3 is for practice only - the "fast" version is the actual speed

the "PRFchords" document is the chord structure of the piece in text format

Kalasnjikov is a song from Goran Bregović's soundtrack for the movie Underground by Emir Kusturica. It draws heavily from the rich Serbian and Bulgarian Romani music tradition.

Lyrics

Bum bum Allah vuran vurana, hey ya!
Bum bum yallah kýran kýrana, hey ya!

Hop de baþla muhtelif týraþa

Oh be anlaþýrýz paþa paþa
Salla kurusýký daða taþa
Kýz gibi bak kalaþnikof

Bum bum batan geminin mallarý
Sen aða ol ben paþa kollayalým imkanlarý

Ýn iþi, cin iþi deðil insan kiþi
Hem erkek hem diþi icabýnda

We've written our own arrangement of this piece (see PDF files at bottom of page). Usually we play through it twice, singing the chorus each time, then solo on top of the bass line.

Sheet Music

Nos partitions vient du Front musical d'intervention. On a les transposé de ré mineur à sol mineur pour faciliter la chant.

Our scores come from the Front musical d'intervention. We've transposed them from D minor to G minor to make them easier to sing.