Shakira Isabelle Mebarak Ripoll covered 1927 song "Old Man River" (English) remixed with Bharat Ratna Bhupen Hazarika's song Ganga Behti Ho Kyun (with Bengali and Hindi lyrics written by Narendra Sharma). The message of both the songs is the same. First three minutes 'Old Man River', then Ganga Behti Ho Kyun?
It was first sung by Dr. Bhupen Hazarika and Kavita Krishnamurthy
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Old man river lyrics -
There's an old man called the Mississippi
That's the old man I don't like to be
What does he care if the world's got troubles?
What does he care if the land ain't free?
That old man river
That old man river
He must know sumpin'
But don't say nothin'
He just keeps rollin'
He keeps on rollin' along
He don't plant taters
He don't plant cotton
And them that plants 'em is soon forgotten
But old man river
He just keeps rollin' along
You and me, we sweat and strain
Body all achin' and racked with pain
Tote that barge, and lift that bale
You show a little grit
And you lands in jail
But I keeps laughin'
Instead of cryin'
I must keep fightin'
Until I'm dyin'
And old man river
He'll just keep rollin' along
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Meaning of O Ganga Behti Ho Kyon -
the spread is immense and
subjects on both banks are in turmoil
always quietly O Ganga, Ganga why do you flow?
morality stands destroyed, humanity stands corrupted
Why do you flow shamelessly?
The call of history, roars
O stream of Ganga
turn powerless people into forceful strugglers
marching forward
Why don’t you?
illiterate people, unlettered
innumerable people, without food
sightless, why are you silent seeing this?
individual stays self-centred
entire society characterless
lifeless society why don’t you abandon?
Why aren’t you the listener anymore?
you are definitely not animate
why don’t you fill inspiration in life
exhilarated earth has become Kurukshetra [a battle ground]
Ganga, O mother, in modern India
Why don’t you give birth to
a victor, a son like Bhishma [whose loyalty lay with the state])
Негізгі бет Shakira covered 1927 song 'Old Man River' & Bharat Ratna Bhupen Hazarika's song 'Ganga Behti Ho Kyun
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