chuk chuk railu చుక్ చుక్ రైలు వస్తోంది | Which kid is not fascinated by a train, its rhythmic "choo choo" and its high pitched "toot, toot"? Perhaps only the littlest of them, the babies. This rhyme shares the excitement of big kids and warns them to keep a safe distance at the same time. A little baby who gets scared of all the noise is comforted by her mother, saying, " Hush, baby don't cry, I will give you candy and warm milk to comfort you once we are seated in the train." |
draksha Pallu, paisaki rendu ద్రాక్ష పళ్ళు, పైసకి రెండు | This rhyme is a game played by school kids to form teams. The team leaders hold their hands up and together while a train of kids passes under them. The kids sing this rhyme and when it ends, the kid who is still under the "hanging bunch of grapes" made by the team leader's hands is caught. That kid has to then choose whose team to join. |
gummaadamma gummaadi గుమ్మాడమ్మా గుమ్మాడి | This rhyme is sung about a pumpkin. However, it is sung about the new fruit in the family, the new baby. |
taarangam , taarangam తారంగం, తారంగం | This rhyme is sung by the elders of the family about the time when the baby starts to recognise her hands and feet. The baby's hands are held in their own hands and clapped together and taken apart. When the rhyme ends, the hands are put together above the baby's head in a traditional "gOvinda" salute to the lord VenkatEswara. |
vaana vaana vallappa వానా వానా వల్లప్పా | Kids love rain and playing in the rain. It is not uncommon for a few kids to be shy of getting wet or muddy, though. This rhyme captures the enthusiam of the kids playing in the wet frontyard, while a kid or two prefer to have fun just watching it from the porch. |
enugu enugu nallana ఏనుగు ఏనుగు నల్లన | Another object of kids' admiration, an elephant. In India, in olden days and even now in some places, elephants are seen in temples and are used for special festival processions to carry the idols of god in a ceremonious way. This rhyme describes that. It is also sometimes sung when an elder in the family becomes the "elephant" for the kid in fun play. |
enugamma enugu ఏనుగమ్మా ఏనుగు | Another rhyme about elephant. Usually this, and the above rhyme go together. |