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Mareme

from Soutoura by Oumar Ndiaye

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This day, Mom, this day
This day is a special day
This day, Mom, this day
This day is a special day

Mareme Mareme
The children’s friend
Mareme Mareme
She has a beautiful smile

This day, Mom, this day
This day is a special day
This day, Mom, this day
This day is her big day

Mom I thought that she
Would never get married
But she was waiting
For her own day

This day, Mom, this day
This day is a special day
This day, Mom, this day
This day is a special day

The sky is happy
The earth is happy
Everybody is happy
It’s her day

Friends are happy
Parents are happy
Everybody is happy
It’s her day

To be of age and never married
Is no shame at all

A marriage can’t be bought
A marriage can’t be sold

A marriage can’t be forced
It will only happen when it’s time

The sky is happy
The earth is happy
Everybody is happy
It’s her day

Friends are happy
Parents are happy
Everybody is happy
It’s her day

Mareme, Mareme
The children’s friend
She is the one we honor

credits

from Soutoura, released May 7, 2021
Oumar Ndiaye : acoustic guitar, vocals
Ngor Jallow : dundun drums, hand claps, vocals
El Haje Faye : Djembe, Congas, Talking Drum
Ababacar Niasse (Mbaye) : drumset
Sory Kouyaté : electric guitar
Smokey Hormel : bass, electric guitars, acoustic guitar, mellotron, hand claps, percussion

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Oumar Ndiaye New York, New York

Oumar Ndiaye is a Senegalese musician, singer and guitarist who was born in Dakar and raised on the island of Gorée. He is a descendant of Ndiadiane Ndiaye, the 12th century founder of the Wolof empire. His musical style is a mixture of traditional meloodies from Fouta (northern Senegal on the border of Mauritania) and Wolof rhythms. His melodious and bewitching voice leaves no one unaffected. ... more

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