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and considered the Sinhalese, whom they call 'Hingalu, to be an 

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VEDDA' SONGS.* 



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Uda kadane mal pipi 

 Palle kadaneta vetin 

 Palle kadane trial pipi 

 Uda kadaneta vetigo 

 Uda na vinne na mal pipi 

 Palle na vinnata vetigo 

 Palle na vinne na mal pipi 

 Uda na vinnata vetig6 



Flowers blossom in the upper thicket, 



They fall into the lower thicket : 



Flowers blossom in the lower thicket, 



They fall into the upper thicket. 



iVaf flowers blossom in the upper nd forest, 



They fall into the lower nd forest : 



Nd flowers blossom in the lower nd forest, 



They fall into the upper nd forest. 



No. 2. 



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Mamini mamini ma deyya 

 Mamini mamini ma deyya 

 Kaben pabala yak gama ve 

 Kaben pabala yak gama ve 



Yamu denna 



Yamu denna. 

 Bimen yannata bolpini berinam 

 Vadana mima lanu bendagan 

 Mima piten yamu denna 

 Gobindu kele yamu denna. 

 Goya puchcha kamu denna 

 Go tombu puchcha kamu denna 

 Go kura puchcha kamu denna 

 Go badavel tika tata denna 

 Go akuma tika man kanna 



* Each line of the songs should be repeated twice, and the vowels lengthened or 

 shortened in pronunciation according to the exigencies of the metre, 

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