It seems my mom does not like Bob Dylan or his "Tambourine Man". Everytime she called me she always complained about the "wierd" hello tune. She felt the sound was similar to the howling of dogs at night. So much for Mr. Dylan the greatest song writer of the century but well "i may be a software engineer, but i gotta serve somebody" (its my mom in this case). I decided to change the hello tune.
Then came the painful task of choosing which genre to select. Should it be something from classic rock or a romantic ballad (to keep my wife happy ofcourse) or a hindi bhule bisre geet (B&W classics). Hmm why not something from our dear own Goa. A konkani khatar ofcourse. The first name that stuck me was Chris Perry and luckily on the airtel website i did find the melodious song "Bandra Festak". Wow and it was a treat to hear the great song from the master of Lorna "the nightingale of Goa, Chris Perry.
This is how the lyrics of the song go.
Bandra festak gelom hanv tea nimnnea Aitara
Ferien bonvtam-bonvtam horam zait ailim bara
Chonnekaram mhunnot ‘Bab gorom chonnem vora’
Chonnem khavnk urlom thuimsor pavlonam ghara
Chorus
Ha! Ha! Vah, vah, vah – lok ferien bonvta
Chevrisam sorpotel, sogllem thuimsor mevta
Merry-Go-Round-ar, chedde-cheddvam gunvta
Luttin kitem poitai, konnui konnak tenkta
Ha! Ha! Vah, vah, vah – lok ferien bonvta
Chevrisam sorpotel, sogllem thuimsor mevta
Merry-Go-Round-ar, chedde-cheddvam gunvta
Luttin kitem poitai, konnui konnak tenkta
II
Giant Wheel-ar bostolom mhunnon ticket kaddli
Moje kuxik tannen eke anttik dhaddli
Voir pavonam fuddem antti fugar zavn roddli
‘Oh my God’ mhunnon tinnen veng mhaka marli
Chorus
Ha, ha! ‘My God, my God’, antti suskar soddi
Uncle sokol, khonti-uske kaddi
Beautiful lady, asli itki saddi
Uddki marit mhunn, hanven ghott dhorli saddi
Ha, ha! ‘My God, my God’, antti suskar soddi
Uncle sokol, khonti-uske kaddi
Beautiful lady, asli itki saddi
Uddki marit mhunn, hanven ghott dhorli saddi
III
Matxe mukar, ring uddonvchem stall dislem
Tea stall-an tim ring-am divnk, sobit cheddum aslem
Kensanchem mountain kelelem mojem sintid thoim urlem
Ring uddoilelem tachea mountain-ar poddlem
Chorus
Yeah, yeah! ‘Lucky fellow’ mhunn bobav lokacho
Har ghalun fulancho, fottu kaddlo amcho
Ugddass vechonam Montichea festacho
Chear anneank hanv mog jiklom Bandrachea cheddvacho
Chorus
Yeah, yeah! ‘Lucky fellow’ mhunn bobav lokacho
Har ghalun fulancho, fottu kaddlo amcho
Ugddass vechonam Montichea festacho
Chear anneank hanv mog jiklom Bandrachea cheddvacho
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