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Angélique Kidjo

Tombo

Release date: 2nd February 1994

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About This Track

"Tombo" is a track by Angélique Kidjo, from the album Ayé, released 2nd February 1994. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Angélique Kidjo

Angélique Kidjo

Lyrics

Tombo

[Intro]

H'ulanaveh, h'ulanavers, h'ulanavers kwah-kwah-kwah

H'ulanaveh, h'ulanavers, h'ulanavers kwah-kwah-kwah

H'ulanaveh, h'ulanavers, h'ulanavers kwah-kwah-kwah

H'ulanaveh, h'ulanavers, h'ulanavers kwah-kwah-kwah

[Chorus]

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi tiaounde)

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi maniobode)

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi tiaounde)

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi maniobode)

[Verse 1]

Betoe nogat'chu, nogat'chuol onokua

Eh, gat'chune alan djoboh nomohi

Okanuwe rakanfa, nakam fabwe karantan

Ekan fane ame djoboh dogawi

[Chorus]

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi tiaounde)

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi maniobode)

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi tiaounde)

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi maniobode)

[Verse 2]

Okanuwe rakanfa, nakam fabwe karantan

Ekan fane ame djoboh dogawi

Alfa-eh nakanse, nakan [?] karantan

Ekan [?] ame djoboh dogawi

[Chorus]

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi tiaounde)

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi maniobode)

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi tiaounde)

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi maniobode)

[Verse 3]

Betoe nogat'chu, nogat'chuol onokua

Eh, gat'chune alan djoboh nomohi

Alfa-eh nakanse, nakan [?] karantan

Ekan [?] ame djoboh dogawi

[Chorus]

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi tiaounde)

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi maniobode)

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi tiaounde)

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi maniobode)

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi tiaounde)

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi maniobode)

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi tiaounde)

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi maniobode)

[Saxophone solo]

[Refrain]

Seh'ue, seh'ue wesnieh bwonosieh

Seh'ue wesnieh bwonosieh

[Chorus]

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi tiaounde)

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi maniobode)

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi tiaounde)

Papa vodossi papap (Logozok-woopi maniobode)

Papa vodossi papap (Mhhh woopi woopi tiaounde, ah-ah!)

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi maniobode)

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi tiaounde)

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi maniobode)

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi tiaounde)

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi maniobode)

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi tiaounde)

Papa vodossi papap (Woopi woopi maniobode)

Papa vodossi papap...

[Outro]

Olanloveassi lon vadjo, olanloveassi

Olanloveassi lon vadjo, olanloveassi

Seh'uewessi eh wessi wezo, seh'uewessi

Seh'uewessi eh wessi wezo, seh'uewessi

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Track details

From Ayé

1994

Album

Angélique Kidjo

Release year

1994

—Djan-djan

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—Azan Nan Kpé

—Lon lon vadjro

—Tatchédogbé

—Tombo

SuperwomanHOPE!!

Nadi Balance (feat. Sheila Maurice-Grey)HOPE!!

Aye Kan (Are You Coming Back?)HOPE!!

Fall On MeHOPE!!

Agolo (Next Gen)

JerusalemaHOPE!!

Sunlight to My SoulHOPE!!

Africa, One Of A Kind

Les couleurs du temps

Hymne Benin 2020

La vida es un carnaval (Louis Bongo remix)

La Vida Es un Carnaval

La Vida Es Un Carnaval (Bomba Estereo Remix)

Color Of My Skin

Alphaman Redemption

Seen and Not Seen

The Great Curve

Crosseyed And Painless / Lady

Houses In Motion

Once in a Lifetime

Born Under Punches

Love Song to the Earth (Rico Bernasconi club mix)

Love Song to the Earth (Rico Bernasconi radio mix)

Love Song to the Earth

Lonlon (Ravel’s Bolero)

Redemption Song

Happy Xmas [War Is Over]

Interlude: Wayi

Interlude: Agbade

8 Goals Away (UN Song)

Agbalagba (Inspired By Uwem Akpan's Book "Say You're One Of Them")

Le Monde Comme un Bébé

N'yin Wan Nou We

Les Enfants Perdus

Black Ivory Soul

Ne Cédez Jamais

Ces petits riens

We Are One (Pop Version)

Itché Koutché

Voodoo Child (slight return)

The sound of the drums

Goddess of the sea

TatchédogbéAyé

Lon lon vadjroAyé

Azan Nan KpéAyé

Angélique Kidjo — Jerusalema (from HOPE!!) [5:29]

Angélique Kidjo — VIVRE ENSEMBLE

Angélique Kidjo — Joy (from HOPE!!) [2:51]

Angélique Kidjo — Sunlight to My Soul (from HOPE!!) [3:26]

Angélique Kidjo — Battu

Angélique Kidjo — Flying High

Angélique Kidjo — Mycelium

Angélique Kidjo — Choose Love

Angélique Kidjo — Do Yourself

Angélique Kidjo — Mother Nature

Angélique Kidjo — Africa, One Of A Kind

Angélique Kidjo — Dignity

Angélique Kidjo — Bidonville

Angélique Kidjo — Jambo

Angélique Kidjo — Les couleurs du temps

Angélique Kidjo — Pata Pata

Angélique Kidjo — Hymne Benin 2020

Angélique Kidjo — La vida es un carnaval (Louis Bongo remix)

Angélique Kidjo — Toro Mata

Angélique Kidjo — Yemaya

Angélique Kidjo — La Vida Es un Carnaval

Angélique Kidjo — Baila Yemaya

Angélique Kidjo — Quimbara

Angélique Kidjo — Sahara

Angélique Kidjo — Oya Diosa

Angélique Kidjo — Bemba Colorá

Angélique Kidjo — Elegua

Angélique Kidjo — Cucala

Angélique Kidjo — La Vida Es Un Carnaval (Bomba Estereo Remix)

Angélique Kidjo — Color Of My Skin

Angélique Kidjo — Alphaman Redemption

Angélique Kidjo — Seen and Not Seen

Angélique Kidjo — The Great Curve

Angélique Kidjo — The Overload

Angélique Kidjo — Crosseyed And Painless / Lady

Angélique Kidjo — Houses In Motion

Angélique Kidjo — Listening Wind

Angélique Kidjo — Once in a Lifetime

Angélique Kidjo — Born Under Punches

Angélique Kidjo — Love Song to the Earth (Rico Bernasconi club mix)

Angélique Kidjo — Love Song to the Earth (Rico Bernasconi radio mix)

Angélique Kidjo — Love Song to the Earth

Angélique Kidjo — Papa

Angélique Kidjo — Lonlon (Ravel’s Bolero)

Angélique Kidjo — Redemption Song

Angélique Kidjo — Happy Xmas [War Is Over]

Angélique Kidjo — Summertime

Angélique Kidjo — Ife

Angélique Kidjo — Interlude: Wayi

Angélique Kidjo — Blewu

Angélique Kidjo — Interlude: Agbade

Angélique Kidjo — Shango Wa

Angélique Kidjo — Lady

Angélique Kidjo — Lay, Lady, Lay

Angélique Kidjo — 8 Goals Away (UN Song)

Angélique Kidjo — Zelie

Angélique Kidjo — Agbalagba (Inspired By Uwem Akpan's Book "Say You're One Of Them")

Angélique Kidjo — Petite Fleur

Angélique Kidjo — Move On Up

Angélique Kidjo — Aisha

Angélique Kidjo — Gimme Shelter

Angélique Kidjo — Pearls

Angélique Kidjo — Arouna

Angélique Kidjo — Salala

Angélique Kidjo — Djin Djin

Angélique Kidjo — Macumba

Angélique Kidjo — Conga Habanera

Angélique Kidjo — Bissimilai

Angélique Kidjo — Mutoto Kwanza

Angélique Kidjo — Oulala

Angélique Kidjo — Le Monde Comme un Bébé

Angélique Kidjo — Seyin Djro

Angélique Kidjo — Bala Bala

Angélique Kidjo — Congoleo

Angélique Kidjo — Adje Dada

Angélique Kidjo — N'yin Wan Nou We

Angélique Kidjo — Iwoya

Angélique Kidjo — Les Enfants Perdus

Angélique Kidjo — Ominira

Angélique Kidjo — Iemanja

Angélique Kidjo — Black Ivory Soul

Angélique Kidjo — Ne Cédez Jamais

Angélique Kidjo — Afirika

Angélique Kidjo — Olofoofo

Angélique Kidjo — Tumba

Angélique Kidjo — Refavela

Angélique Kidjo — Ces petits riens

Angélique Kidjo — Bahia

Angélique Kidjo — We Are One (Pop Version)

Angélique Kidjo — Never Know

Angélique Kidjo — Orubaba

Angélique Kidjo — Give It Up

Angélique Kidjo — Itché Koutché

Angélique Kidjo — Open Your Eyes

Angélique Kidjo — Yaki Yaki

Angélique Kidjo — No Worry

Angélique Kidjo — Oremi

Angélique Kidjo — Loloye

Angélique Kidjo — Voodoo Child (slight return)

Angélique Kidjo — Babalao

Angélique Kidjo — We Are One

Angélique Kidjo — Akwaba

Angélique Kidjo — Koro-koro

Angélique Kidjo — Welcome

Angélique Kidjo — Naïma

Angélique Kidjo — The sound of the drums

Angélique Kidjo — Goddess of the sea

Angélique Kidjo — Bitchifi

Angélique Kidjo — Fifa

Angélique Kidjo — Shango

Angélique Kidjo — Wombo Lombo

Angélique Kidjo — Hakuna Matata

Angélique Kidjo — Djan-djan (from Ayé)

Angélique Kidjo — Yemandja (from Ayé)

Angélique Kidjo — Houngbati (from Ayé)

Angélique Kidjo — Idje Idje (from Ayé)

Angélique Kidjo — Tatchédogbé (from Ayé)

Angélique Kidjo — Lon lon vadjro (from Ayé)

Angélique Kidjo — Azan Nan Kpé (from Ayé)

Angélique Kidjo — Adouma

Angélique Kidjo — Agolo

Angélique Kidjo — Batonga

8 Goals Away (UN Song)
Adje Dada
Adouma
Afirika
Africa, One Of A Kind
Agbalagba (Inspired By Uwem Akpan's Book "Say You're One Of Them")
Agolo
Agolo (Next Gen)
Aisha
Akwaba

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