The talking Drum Again

 

The talking drum again

It’s still beckoning to me

As it speaks in tongues,

Tongues of the drum

Known only to the initiated

 

Well, I think it’s talking to me

But then, the drummer only

Has the last say of that

Which he makes the drum to voice

You be right only if he says so

 

The talking drum, a mystery

The secret of which the drummer holds

But only when he beats the drum

For, as soon as I or another takes the drum

The master’s voice is quickly changed

 

The talking drum

Padipanpadi, padipmpidi

Patapiti, piridiri

Bobobo o, boswe

Yea, let the drummer have his say in silence

But in the trigger

Of the talking drum