The Street Song Author: Veronica Angel Illustrator: Ashok Rajagopalan Translator: C G Salamander
2/10 Step into the street and listen to its sounds. Diga diga ding dong String hoppers, get your string hoppers, With powdered sugar and coconut milk! String hoppers, get your string hoppers, Three-three hoppers, for five-five rupees! Diga diga ding Do you hear that sound?
3/10 Green, yellow, red and blue powders Kolam for me and you. Draw them this way, draw them that way, And watch guests flock to your doorway.
4/10 Bambara-pa-pa, bambara-pa-pa, bambara-pa-pa paaaa! I have rose-coloured peacocks with a neverending tail, Bambara-pa-pa, bambara-pa-pa, bambara-pa-pa paaaa!
5/10 Fish-fishes, fish-fishes, Fishes for all your dishes! Sardines, snappers, prawns and crabs, Get them fresh and ready to cook.
6/10 Paper, paper, papers! Bring out your old, oldest papers. Magazines, flyers, books and newspapers, Give me everything you don’t need!
7/10 Coffee! Coffee! Chukku coffee and cottonseed milk. Bring exact change and you can get — Coffee! Coffee! Piping hot chukku coffee. Chukku coffee and cottonseed milk!
8/10 Pori urundai, achu muruku, laddoo, paniyaram — Guess what they’re made of, and get them all free! If you get it right, you can win it, Take a bite and guess what’s in it.
9/10 Yellow flowers, white flowers, Jasmine flowers, tied in strands. Little baby jumps up and down, She also wants jasmines. Awww, little baby has no hair. Ding ding ding! Ice! Ice! A semiya ice to share. Milk ice for the summer. Ding ding ding! Ice! Ice!
10/10 Step into the street and listen to its sounds. Do you hear that sound? dong diga ding Diga diga Diga ding
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