if you have a minute and forty-three seconds, this just might make your day. it's audio of day two of the girls working on the hindi version of the "survivor girl ukulele band song."
back in december, with the survivor girl ukulele band benefit concert coming up, my friend record-producer-musician-singer-songwriter ed tree wrote the song for the girls. here's the original lyrics:
survivor girl ukulele band
if you're down, we'll lend you a hand if you're lost, we'll show you a plan if you're scared, we will understand survivor girl ukulele band
no matter who you are no matter where you've been the door is always open we will let you in
there's a brighter day there's another choice there's a melody waiting for your voice
(chorus)
see who you can be see how you can grow see what life will bring blessings overflow
there's a brighter day there's another choice there's a melody waiting for your voice
(chorus)
and here's chorus of the hindi version, written by my new friend joseph pawar.
kya ho tum gire, thaam lo ye haath kya de khoge, tum ko hai yeh aas kyu tum dare, hum hain denge saath survivor girl ukulele band
and here is the hindi version of the song written phonetically in bangla by one of the bangladeshi girls. is that cool or what?
and now for the audio:
[audio http://theworkingdraft.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/sgub-song-day-two.m4a]
as you can tell, they love this song, and they lovelovelove singing the last line. and i think it's because they know its about them, and it makes them feel like they are part of something bigger than themselves.
something special,
something good,
something strong:
a band.
a survivor
girl
ukulele
band.