1882.] R. C. Temple— Some Hindu Folksongs from the Punjab. 187 
Aj to badhai baji Jas’rat Rae ke ! 
Aj to badhai baji Jas’rat Rae ke ! 
Big’si seh bua-rani cholu topu laeke. 
Big’si Subbadra bahin kanth lagaeke. 
Xj to badhai baji Jas’rat Rae ke ! 
Aj to badhai baji Jas’rat Rae ke ! 
Big’sia seh Ja’srat bap lanka lutaeke. 
Big’sia seh P’rohit ghar da anand paeke. 
Aj to badhai baji Jas’rat Rae ke ! 
Aj to badhai baji Jas’rat Rae ke ! 
Kangrd. 
To-day are sung congratulations for Jas’rat Rae ! 
To-day are sung congratulations for Jas’rat Rae! 
Kausalya mother of Ram Chandar is pleased; 
The nurse is pleased to wash the child. 
To-day are sung congratulations for Jas’rat Rae ! 
To-day are sung congratulations for Jas’rat Rae ! 
The barber is pleased to plant the dub grass : 
The barber’s wife is pleased to call the city. 
To-day are sung congratulations for Jas’rat Rae ! 
To-day are sung congratulations for Jas’rat Rae ! 
The royal aunt is pleased to bring the little coat and cap; 
Sister Suhhadr.i is pleased to embrace him. 
To-day are sung congratulations for Jas’rat Rae ! 
To-day are sung congratulations for Jas’rat Rae ! 
Jas’rat the father is pleased to distribute to the poor: 
The family-priest is pleased to be paid his dues. 
To-day are sung congratulations for Jas’rat Rae ! 
To-day are sung congratulations for Jas’rat Rae ! 
Notes. 
This song or hymn is sung at births by Dorns and also by Hijras, a 
class of eunuchs, who dress up as old women and obtain a living by singing 
such songs at births and marriages. They are I think dying out. They 
go about generally three together with a drum. 
The song purports to congratulate Jas’rat Rae, i. e , king Dasaratha 
on the birth of Rama Chandra ; there is, however, a mixture of mythology 
in it, as Subbadra was not the sister of Rama but of Krishna. But the 
legends of Rama and Krishna are often mixed up in popular song. 
