Ariope! LIVE @LIGHTSHIP95 STUDIOS // LONDON

Ariope! LIVE@LIGHTSHIP95 STUDIOS in London
Audio recorded by Giles Barrett
Audio mixed and mastered by Theo Pascal at Thisissessions.com
Video recorded and edited by Tom Sankey
Carmen Souza - vocals, guitars and small percussion,
Theo Pascal - Double Bass,
Elias Kacomanolis - Drums,
Luke Bacchus - Acoustic Upright Piano
Ariope is a song that explores how Cape Verdeans incorporated British English terms into their native language, Cape Verdean Creole. Is fascinating, as I grew up hearing these words from my Cape Verdean parents but never realised their connection to the English language. My father always told me Ariope, and I never knew it derived from the English - Hurry up.
As per my father's words, the English were ruthless making the Cape Verdean men work under scorching temperatures (making them work as if they were machines) and uttering these demands - Hurry Up!
Lyrics
Ah John bo bem panha quel bot! (Hey John, the boat is coming)
Ariope pa no ca bem traza (Hurry up and pass me those ropes)
Boizin a bo bem streitoei (Boy, come straight away)
Ah moss bo e Laizin (Boy, you are lazy)
Ariope djam spera longtime (Hurry up, I have been waiting for a long time)
Fulespide ah moss bo e showent (Fulespide! You are such a show-off)
Biquaite qui bo ta fla di mas (Be quiet, You talk too much)
A moss bo e lofa (Boy, you are such a loafer)
Ah Boi uli quel bot ta tchega (Boy here comes the boat)
British ca ta gosta de espera (British don't like to wait)
Bo mas es laizin na corp (You are so lazy)
Ariope quês corda (Hurry up and pass me the ropes)
Boi si bo ca bai Fulespide (Boy if you don't work Fulespide)
Hoje bo ti ta ba nhongra (Today you are going to be hungry)
Quiki uli britishe ta bem (Quick, here come the British!)
A mim djam bai salong (I am gone, so long!)
Anglicisms:
Ariope - Hurry up!
Bot - Boat
Boizin - Boy
Streioei - Straight away
Laizin - Lazy
Longtime
Fulespide
Showent - show-off
Biquaite - Be Quiet!
Lofa - Loafer
Nhongra - to be hungry.
Quiki - Quick
Britishe - British
Salong - So long
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Beautiful!

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Lovely! And thank you for the translation of the words. I've loved the music of Cape Verde for years but didn't know the history of the people's lives when they came to Britain.