Heartland Harmony
Heartland Harmony
Tsangala da GogoNa
Khakheti Region Georgia
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Tsangala da gogona is a playful dance song from the Kakheti region first recorded in 1964 in Soviet Georgia (see Ne'tavi gogo me da shen to review information about Kakheti). There are several arrangements of this song, and the version you will learn here is from Trio Mandeli, a small ensemble of young Georgian women. The song is about a young girl and a lazy young boy named Tsangala.
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To hear the original source recording from 1964 collected and presented by Alan Lomax, listen at this link.
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The exact version we sing in Ember is here and differs slightly from the arrangement Trio Mandili sings below.
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Lyrics:
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Call: Tsangala da gogona
Response: Tsangala gogona
Call: Tsangala da gogona da
Response: Tsangala gogona
Gogoni gogoni gogoni gogo
Gogoni gogoni gogona
Gogoni gogoni gogoni gogo
Gogoni gogoni gogona
Tsangala da gogona
Tsangala gogona
Tsangala da gogona da
Tsangala gogona
Tsangala kalaks tsavida
Qurdzeni moitana
Qurdzeni tviton shetchama
saplivi gagvitkhara
Tsangala da gogona
Tsangala gogona
Tsangala da gogona da
Tsangala gogona
Gogoni gogoni gogoni gogo
Gogoni gogoni gogona
Gogoni gogoni gogoni gogo
Gogoni gogoni gogona
Tsangala da gogona
Tsangala gogona
Tsangala da gogona da
Tsangala gogona
Es bitchi kargad tamashobs
Pekhis serebshedgeba
Aman rom pekhi itkinos
gogonas dabraldeba
Tsangala da gogona
Tsangala gogona
Tsangala da gogona da
Tsangala gogona
Gogoni gogoni gogoni gogo
Gogoni gogoni gogona
Gogoni gogoni gogoni gogo
Gogoni gogoni gogona
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Translation:
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Tsangala da gogona - Tsangala and the girl
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Gogoni gogoni gogoni gogo
Gogoni gogoni gogona - girl, girl, girl, little girl, girly girly, girl, etc.
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Verse one: Tsangala went to the city, he stole some grapes, he dug our grave.
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Verse two: The guy is a player! He plays well. He ended up hurting his foot, then blamed the girl.
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