ya ya, ya ba ga, ya yu, ya ba ga un
aa rahe the ischool se, raste me
hamne dekha ek khel saste me
kya beta kya aan man
chil chil chilla ke kajri sunaye
jhum jhum kauva bhi dholak bajaye
chil chil chilla ke kajri sunaye
jhum jhum kauva bhi dholak bajaye
are vah vah vah, are vah vah vah, vah vah vah vah
are vah vah vah, are vah vah vah, vah vah vah vah
ai, chil chil chilla ke kajri sunaye
jhum jhum kauwa bhi dholak bajaye
arre vah vah vah ki vah

chhuk chhuk chhuk chali jati hai rail
chhuk chhuk chhuk chhuk chhuk
chali jati hai rail
chup chup chup tota maina ka mel
pyar ki pakaudi mithi bato ki bhel
thoda noon, thodi mirch,thodi sonth, thoda tel
are vah vah vah ki vah, are vah vah vah ki vah
chil chil chilla ke kajri sunaye
jhum jhum kauwa bhi dholak bajaye
arre vah vah vah ki vah, arre vah vah vah ki vah

gol mol gol mote lala shaukin
tond me chhupaye hai chirage aaladin
tin ko hamesha karte aaye sadhe tin
zara nap, zara tol, ise lut, use chhin
arre vah vah vah, are vah vah vah vah
are vah vah vah vah vah
ey, chil chil chila ke kajri sunaye
jhum jhum kauwa bhi dholak bajaye
are vah vah vah vah, are vah vah vah vah
arey vah vah vah vah aye

koi mujhe chor kahe, koi kotval
kis pe yaqin karu, mushkil saval
duniya me yaaro hai bada hi golmal
kahin dhol, kahi pol, sidhi bat tedhi chal
vah vah vah, are vah vah vah vah
are vah vah vah vah vah
ey, chil chil chilla ke kajri sunaye
jhum jhum kauwa bhi dholak bajaye
are vah vah vah vah, are vah vah vah vah
are vah vah vah vah aye

Here we went, the road, the way, the path, the sound,
From school we walked, our lessons unbound.
We watched a game, a cheap display,
What son, what pride, in disarray.

Chirping, chirping, a song they sang,
A crow danced, to the drum's clang.
Chirping, chirping, the song took hold,
A crow danced, its story told.
Oh, how grand, oh, how grand, grand, grand, grand!
Oh, how grand, oh, how grand, grand, grand, grand!
He chirps, chirps, a song's sweet tune,
A crow danced under the moon.
Oh, how grand!

Chug, chug, chug, the train's soft tread,
Chug, chug, chug, the train is led.
Hush, hush, hush, a dove and mynah's embrace,
Love's fried fritters, sweet words' chase.
A pinch of salt, a dash of spice, ginger's zest, oil's trace.
Oh, how grand! Oh, how grand!
Chirping, chirping, the song they sang,
A crow danced, to the drum's clang.
Oh, how grand! Oh, how grand!

Round and round, a portly man,
In his belly, Aladdin's plan.
Always three, they make it three and a half,
Measure, weigh, steal, and laugh.
Oh, how grand! Oh, how grand, grand!
Oh, how grand, grand, grand!
Chirping, chirping, the song they sang,
A crow danced, to the drum's clang.
Oh, how grand! Oh, how grand, grand!
Oh, how grand, grand, grand!

Some call me thief, some call the guard,
Whom to trust, this is hard.
In this world, a tangled scene,
Drums here, lies there, truth is unseen.
Oh, how grand! Oh, how grand!
Oh, how grand, grand, grand!
He chirps, chirps, a song's sweet tune,
A crow danced under the moon.
Oh, how grand, grand! Oh, how grand, grand!
Oh, how grand, grand, grand!