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Rom Song Words
Compiled by Dick Oakes


Opa Cupa
        Oh girl

Me sem choro chavoro, Chelavno jaj lacho,
Ndale mandale, E chora man astaren
Kaste astarav, Pe mande hasai,
Samo jek chaj ni mangel, Oj mandar nashel.
 
        Chorus:
        Oooooh, Opa cupa, so de mandar chaje muka.
        Cho dad te merkel ako ni chele.
        Oooooh, opa cupa, so de mandar chaje muka
        Ti daj ka merel ako ni chele
        //// Lumbaj, lumbaj, lumbaj laj, ajde ajde ajde. ////
 
E sciracha ka achen, Oj ni mangel te khelel.
Ndale mandale mudarel la o Devel.
Ava Ruzho, ava khel, Pa i tu rome ka lje,
Ndale mandale e sviracha bashalen.
 
        Chorus
 
// Sa o chaja khelena, A oj zhalno rovela
Ndale mandale, An mo vogi jag tharel. //
 
        Chorus
 
  I am a poor guy, One of the best dancers,
The girls grab me to dance. Whomever I grab is glad.
Only one girl doesn't want to dance,
She runs away from me.
 
        Chorus:
        Oooooh Girl, Why are you making trouble for me?
        May your father die if you don't dance!
        Oooooh Girl, Why are you making trouble for me?
        May your molther die if you don't dance!
        //// Come on! Come on! Come on! ////  
 
The musicians are almost finished,
She doesn't want to dance. May God strike her dead!
Come on, Rosa, come onn and dance,
Then you'll get married. Even the musicians are dancing!
 
        Chorus
 
// All the girls are dancing, But she is crying sadly,
In my heart a fire burns. //
 
        Chorus