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ABU UMU ANU

(Domestic Animals Carol)
Words and Music Tonic Sol-fa Input
By By
Laz Ekwueme Ike Al. Eseka
(1996)
Solo & S.A.T.B. Doh is F
SOLO
(Alternate MALE / FEMALE)

|s .s ,s :l .f |r .s :s .f |m :– . | : |d’ .s ,s :l .f
     
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              
| |r .s ,s :s .f | | |
A - mu - ru e - zeu - wa n'i - meu - loa - nu? A - mu - ru e - zeu -
Was our Sav - iour born in a cat - tle shed? Had He but a

| : | : | :d .r |m . s , s :– , s . f |m . m , m :– .
. d , d :– , d . r
| | | |d   |

             
        
 
| | | |s |. s| , s| :– , l| . t| |d .d ,d
E - ye, Tin - ge - len ge - le tin - ge - le.

  
| | | |m |s
    
: : : . m , m:–, m . r .s ,s
:– .

           
   
| | | |d . d , d :– , s| . s| |d .d ,d

6 |r .s :s .f |m :– . | : | :m .s |d .d :f .r
            
 
wa n'i - meu - loa - nu? O - nye no ya o - gea -
man - ger for a bed? Who was pre - sent there when

| : | :d .r |m . s , s :– , s . f |m . m , m :– . | :
| | |d 
. d , d :– , d . r
 |d

.d ,d |
             
        

 
| | |s . s| , s| :– , l| . t|
| |s | . s| , s| |
E - ye Tin - ge - len ge - le tin - ge - le.
| : | : |m  
       
| d . d , d :–
. m , m:– , m . r . | :
          
     
| | | |s .s ,s | | | |
| | | d . t , l :– , s . s | d . d , d
| | | | | | | |
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
|d  | | |d
11 , d .– , m : – . : :s .s .d :f .r
           
 
mu - ru Ya, E - wu no ya o - gea -
He was Born? Was a goat there on that
| :d .r |m .s , s :– , s .f |m . m , m :– . | :
| |d .d
 , d :– , r
 .r |

|
            
        

| |s | . s| , s| :– , s| . l| |se | . se| , se| |
E - ye Tin - ge - len ge - le tin - ge - le.

 
| |m |t |
  
: . m , m :– , r .d . t| , t| :– . :

|

      
     
| |d .d , d :– , t| . l| |m | . m| , m| |
|d , d .– , m : – . | : |s .s :l .s |s .l ,s :r .f

       
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         
  
| | | |s , l .– , s : r .f
mu - ru Ya, E - wu, bi - ko so - r'a - nyi to - be
glo - rious morn? Goat, let's here you then sing to the
| :d .r |m . m , m :– , f . r |d . d , d :– . | :
| |d’ 
. d’ , d’ :– , d’ . t
 |

|
        
      
    
| : |s .s , s :– , l .t |s .s ,s |
E - ye Tin - ge - len ge - le tin - ge - le.

 
| |d |m |
  
: .d , d :– , r .f . m , m :– .
     
       
    
| | |s | . s| , s| |
| |s | . s| , s| :– , s| . s| |d | . d| , d| |
|m | | |d’ |d’
 
:– . : : :d :d

 
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      



Ya! Maa! Maa!
Lord!

| :d .r |m .s
 , s :– , l  . f |m

. m , m:– . | : | :m .f

   
 

     

 
 
    

| : s| . s| |d .d , d :– , t| . l| |se | . se| , se| | | :d .r
E - ye, Tin - ge - len ge - le tin - ge - le. E - ye,
| :m .r |d . m , m :– , r . d |t | . t| , t| :– . | : | :s .s
| |d | | |
   
. d , d :– , r . d
    
            
      

| :d . t| |l | . s| , s| :– , f| . r| |m | . m| , m| | | :d . t|
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| : | : |d’ :d |d’ :d | :

 
24 1,2,3,4,5

   
 

  
Maa! Maa!

|s . d’ , d’:–, d’ . l |s .s ,s :m | : |d , d .– , m : d .r |m . m , m:– , f . r
|     | | |
  |d . d , d :– , d . r
 
    

 



  
  
          
 
  
|m . m , m:– , m . r |d . t| , t| : l| | | : s| . t| |s | . s| , s| :– , l| . t|
Tin - ge - len ge - len tin - ge - le O, Ti - tin - go - lin - go Tin - ge - len ge - le
E - ye,

    
|s . s , s :– , s .f |m .r ,r :d | : | :m .r |d . d , d :– , r . f

 

        
  

   
        
  
|d . d , d :– , d . d |m | . m| , m| : l| | | : d| . s| |s | . s| , s| :– , s| . s|

|s .s ,s :l .f |d’ :d | : | :

  
last time
 
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      
A - mu - ru e - zeu Maa!
Was our Sav - iour

|d |d |m |d’

.d , d :– . , d .– , m : d .r .s , s :– , l .t . d’ , d’ :– .

    
 

    
    
          

 
     
|s | . s| , s| | : s| . t| |d .d , d :– , r .f |m .m ,m
tin - ge - le. Ti - tin - go - lin - go Tin - ge - len ge - le tin - ge - le.
E - ye,
|m | |s |s

. m , m :– . :m .f .s , m :– , f .l .s , s :– .

          
       
         
       
|s | . s| , s| | | |
|d | . d| , d| | : d| . s| |s | . s| , s| :– , s| . s| |d .d ,d

|s .s |l .l ,s |m .s ,d |l .s |l .l ,s |m .m
    
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     

   
E - wu, A - tu - ru, O - ku - ko, Nwa - mba, N - ki - ta, E - hi.
Goat, Sheep, Chic - ken, Cat, Dog, Cow.