Mother Goose Goes to India

Tunga Bridge Is Falling Down

Tunga Bridge is falling down,

Falling down, falling down.

Tunga Bridge is falling down,

My fair mahila.

Build it up with iron and steel, Iron and steel iron and steel.

Build it up with iron and steel,

My fair mahila,

Tunga Bridge (Tuhn-gah): a bridge located in Kamataka, a southern state in India Mahila (mah-hih-lah): woman

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Ek, Do, Time to Go

Ek, do,

Time to go!

Teen, char,

Start the car, Panj, cheh, Drive away;

Saat, aath,

Not the lot!

Nau, das,

Avoid the bus!

Ex (ehk): one

Do (doh): two

Teen (teen): three

Char (chark four

Pani (pahnch): hive

Cheh (chay): six

Saat (saht): seven

Aath (aht): eight

Nau (noh): nine

Das (duhs): ten

Baa, Baa, Black Bhed Baa, baa, black bhed,

Have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir,

Teen bags full.

One for the swami, One for the dame,

And one for the little boy

Who lives down the lane.

Shed (pehr): sheep

Teen (teen): three

Swami (awah-mee): religious teacher

Pooja, Put the Kettle On

Pooja, put the kettle on, Pooja, put the kettle on, Pooja, put the kettle on,

We’ll all have chai.

Suka, take it off again, Suka, take it off again, Suka, take it off again,

They’ve all gone away.

Pooja (Poo-jab): an Indian girl’s name that means “prayer

Chai (cheye): tea

Suka (Soo-kah) an Indian boy’s name that means “wind*

Little Miss Muffet

Little Miss Muffer

Sat on a tuffet,

Eating her dahi and whey,

Along came a makagee,

Who landed abruptly.

And frightened Miss Maffet away

Dahi (dah-hee): yogurt

Makadee (mul-kah-ree): spider