Biba Ha’ånen Guinaiya, todus hamyo! In honor of today, here’s another Chamorro love song. It’s especially helpful for beginners because the lyrics are clear and the lines are repeated many times. So here are Chamorro lyrics and an English translation for the song “Un Na’magof Yu’ ” by JJ Concepcion. Happy listening!
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Kåntan Chamoru: Kåddon Pika
What’s your favorite Chamorro food? For me, it’s always the kåddo’ no matter the weather. So I appreciate this song, an energetic dedication to the humble but amazing kåddo. As Jay said with a chuckle, “Only Chamorros would write a song about soup with such zest.” So here are Chamorro lyrics and an English translation for the song “Kåddon Pika” by Daniel DeLeon Guerrero, hope you enjoy it!
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I’m trying to make my way through our evening practice group’s backlog of songs that we transcribed over the last year and post them to this blog so we can all reference them for our learning. This one we listened to last November, and I remember all of us chuckling throughout the song. This song is great for beginners because it’s not too fast, and the singing is clear. Here are Chamorro lyrics and an English translation for the song “Ai Kika'” by Pacific Cool, hope you enjoy it!
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Here are Chamorro lyrics and an English translation for “Ta Baila Na Dos” by the Olomwaay Band. I love this song because it really captures the feeling I have when there’s Chamorro cha-cha music playing at a party, and I’m waiting to dance (or rather, waiting for Jay to dance with me!). When we were flying back to Portland, the tune to this song started playing in my head as we walked in the San Francisco airport. I only knew the words “Kao siña ta baila na dos” because I heard Jay’s nephew Josh sing it once, a couple of years ago. Right when we got home we started looking for this song, and I had to put it here so I could finally learn the lyrics. Jay and our Saturday evening practice group helped me clarify the lyrics on this song because there were some words I couldn’t catch, so big thank-you to all of them! Hope you enjoy this song 🙂
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This is a great song for beginners to listen to and learn, and is another favorite from my first year or two of learning Chamorro. The lyrics are sung clearly, which is great if you are trying to train your ear. Jay and I definitely belt out the chorus with passion whenever this song comes up on our playlist 🙂 Here are Chamorro lyrics and an English translation for the song “Pot Fabot Mungnga Piniti” by KC DeLeon Guerrero. Listen and enjoy!
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