Nila Nila Odi Vaa - Childrens' poems in Tamil by Shakti

Here are a set of childrens' poems in Tamil, composed and set to music by Shakti. These are available in CD form but are available here for your listening pleasure. You may download for personal use. Right click and "Save Target As" to download each track.

• Nila nila odi vaa - an introduction and the title poem.


• Meene meene - a poem about the conversation between a child and a fish.


• Oru kodam tanni - introducing the child to flower names in Tamil in a lyrical poem


• Kaakai kannuku mai - birds song


• Kaakai kuruvi - the wonder and beauty of all life


• Asaindu asaindu varugudu - a tribute to the majestic elephant


• Meaow meaow poonai - a song for the cat


• Tak-tak taka-tak kudirai - celebrating the horse


• Aadu adu pogudu - why must the goat go without a song?


• Aadumam Perichali Adumam - Aadumam Perichali Adumam... goes a folk song for children, about a bandicoot (perichali). Embellished and extended here delightfully


• Karadi malai mel - "Karadi malai mel yeri" - one of my personal favourites in this CD... the popular "Bear went over the mountain" adapted and extended. Sung as a duet, with the lady singer asking questions about what the karadi did and answers sung by yours truly!


• Paalai vanathil payanam - a song about the camel, the ship of the desert


• Kurangum Mudalaium - the story of the monkey outwitting the crocodile, in song form


• Muyalai pola - rabbit song


• Totho endral odi varum - doggie song


• Kazhudai pattu - donkey song


• Anile anile - squirrel song


• Taavi taavi tulliye - song to the spotted deer


• Gowri engal maadu - a personalized song for "Gowri" the cow!


• Kaakai kaakai - a tribute to the crow


• Koondu kiliye - conversation with a caged parrot


• Maiyile maiyile - about peacocks


• Kuckoo kuckoo - kuil pattu (version Shakti!)


• Uyare uyare vanathil - about the hawk (or is it the eagle??) - triggered by a Tamil phrase "Garuda sowkiyama?"


• Vaathu vaathu vaathu - the duck/goose song, adapted from a Tamil translation of "Goosey goosey gander"


• Kokarako kozhi - the rooster song


• Oorile azagigal kollai ponalaam - Owl song, using the story behind a Tamil saying about how the owl went and hid itself when it heard that the beauties of the town were being kidnapped :-)


• Chittu kuruvi - chirpy sparrow song


• Maada puraave - about the pigeon


• Sengaal naaraai - (red-legged) stork song


• Erikalil kappal pola - swan song (not quite!)


• Kuppanum suppanum - song about two village idiots Kuppan and Suppan buying a donkey


• Adho paru andhaiyay - another owl song, this owl not so vain, knowing its place is in the tamarind tree!


• Tandavalathil dhada dhadavendru - train song


• Vaanathu mele vimanam - plane song


• Kaatin aatrangarai onril - the story of the deer and tiger - how the tiger said to the deer drinking downstream from the river, why it was sullying the tiger's water...


• Vaalu pochu kathi vandudu - a flowing mix of multiple stories about a monkey losing its tail, eating a mango, stealing a cap, etc.


• Nila nila odi vaa - a few refrains from the title song