JOURNAL R. A. S. CEYLON. [Vol. VII., Pt. IL 



SONGS OF THE VEDDA'S OF SO RABORA VEVA. 



No. 7. 



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Sorabora veve sonda sonda olu nelum e ti 



Miwa nelannata sonda sonda liyo e ti 



Kalu karala hudu karala uya de ti 



Olu sale bat kannata malu ne ti 



Fine, fine water-lilies and lotuses grow in Sorabora tank ! 



These to gather come fine, fine womeD. 



They make them into black and white curries; 



To eat the water-lily- seed rice there are no curries. 



No. 8. 



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Obat obat oba Sorabora veva no 



Anda diya duvana Maveliganga no 



Diya nosindeyi oba Maveliganga no 



Nil mal bisav diya kelina veva no 



Yonder, yonder spreads the Sorabora tank ! 



O ! Maveliganga whose waters cry as they run ! 



O ! Maveliganga thy waters never fail ! 



O ! tank in whose waters sports the queen of blue flowers ! 



VEDDA' CHARMS. 



No. 1. 



CpgcODC). For an Elephant? 



S^Qcd Ichchata vallay 



oSSO s)(^C^ Pachchata vallay 



q X Q <3^<Je<^ Dela devallay 



8g cpde* 8§. Situ appa situ 



A hanging member in front— (trunk) 



A hanging member behind — (tail) 



On two sides two hanging members— (the two ears) 



Stay, beast, stay ! 



