Kids let's come together, let’s move
Let’s dance the mardilo sote baton
A tradition to celebrate and to preserve
Mardilo jump the stick
Aryo mardilo, mardilo jump the stick
Aryo mardilo, mardilo sote jump the stick
Kids let's come together, let’s move
Let’s dance the mardilo sote baton
A tradition to celebrate and to preserve
Mardilo jump the stick
Aryo mardilo, mardilo jump the stick
Aryo mardilo, mardilo sote jump the stick
Creoles let’s come together, let’s move
With our ancestors, mardilo sote baton
This tradition needs respect and we need to preserve it
Mardilo jump the stick
Aryo mardilo, mardilo jump the stick
Aryo mardilo, mardilo jump the stick
Aryo sesa dilo aryo
Dilo mardilo, mardilo jump the stick
Sesa lapat galonnen, sesa ya jump the stick
Dilo mardilo, mardilo jump the stick
Sesa lapat galonnen, sesa ya jump the stick
Aryo mardilo, mardilo jump the stick
Aryo mardilo, mardilo sote jump the stick
Dilo mardilo, mardilo jump the stick
Sesa lapat galonnen, sesa ya jump the stick
Dilo mardilo, mardilo jump the stick
Sesa lapat galonnen, sesa ya jump the stick
Aryo mardilo, mardilo jump the stick
Aryo mardilo, mardilo sote jump the stick
credits
from FANM:WOMAN,
released May 7, 2019
Produced by Jamie Searle
Arranged by Jamie Searle and Grace Barbé
Engineered and mixed by Dan Carroll at RADA Studios, Perth
Mastered by William Bowden, King Willy Sound
Grace Barbé - lead and backing vocals, bass guitar
Jamie Searle - guitar and synth
Joelle Barbé - drums and triangle
Dan Carroll - guitar
With roots in the tiny Indian Ocean nation of Seychelles, home to a unique culture that fuses Africa, Europe and Asia, Grace
BarbÈ (pronounced Bar-bay) is a singer, songwriter and musician whose music, like her mixed heritage, reflects and celebrates the diverse influences of her Creole culture....more