Alado Yeh [Song]

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ALADO YEH
Performed by Val Serrant
By Lord Nelson

Being unfamiliar with the words of the chants, I transcribed them as I heard them. If you know the words, please consider sharing them with us: guanaguanaresings@gmail.com

Alado ani walo alado shango alo
Alado ani walo alado

Alado yeh, alado yeh, alado yeh ayaba shango wori loye
Alado yeh, alado yeh, alado yeh ayaba shango wori loye

I see my spirit travelling though space and time
When a voice command me, he say, "Seek and ye shall find."
Beauty all around me, pretty water for miles and miles
Then the voice inform me, "This is the river Nile.
And this land is sacred, seen by very few.
Your foreparents' knowledge now I pass on to you
I am the Orisha so sacred to the Yoruba
Use these words to call me where you are whether near or far."

Just say...

Alado yeh, alado yeh oh, alado yeh ayaba shango wori loye
Alado yeh, alado yeh, alado yeh ayaba shango wori loye.

Now my spirit floating, drifting like a cloud
Hearing voices calling, I look down and see a crowd
Drumming and they chanting in a different tongue
Music so enchanting, I had to go down
Watching what they doing, trying to understand
It was so amazing since I came from another land
The high priest approach, hold and shake my hand
"Welcome home, my son, welcome to shango land."

Shango is my culture, Yoruba my tongue
My god Oludomare, Orisha, Oshun and Ogun
My calabash, my obi, my candle and my oil
This is what they hand me and say, "Son go home now and toil."
You may laugh and shun me and treat me with scorn
But I know who go help me since I was reborn
So when you hear I chanting and knocking my drum
All who say they mocking, just wait til my power come... ey

Alado yeh, alado yeh oh, alado yeh ayaba shango wori loye
Shango baba wa, shango baba wa, shango baba wa, shango baba wa.

Source: The lyrics posted on this blog are often transcribed directly from performances. Although it is my intention to faithfully transcribe I do not get all the words and I have a knack for hearing the wrong thing. Please feel free to correct me or to fill in the words that I miss by dropping me a message via e-mail. I'd be forever grateful. Thanks in advance!
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A Note From The Gull

Thank you, Val Serrant and Lord Nelson! This song has a special significance for me and I am grateful for Val Serrant's rendition.

"And this land is sacred, seen by very few.
Your foreparents' knowledge now I pass on to you
I am the Orisha so sacred to the Yoruba
Use these words to call me where you are, whether near or far."

"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.

Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.

Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare