212 R. C. Temple— Some Hindu Folksongs from the Punjab. [No. 3, 
47. 
Bhainow ! sas gayi Lahor: mam ghar thamyaw, bhainow ! 
Bhainow ! pahila hath paya kothi ate di, bhainow ! 
Duya hath paya kupa ghiue da, bhainow ! 
Tija hath paya chata gure da, bhainow ! 
Bhainow! pahila pura bahya, billiaw chhikkya, bhainow ! 
Bhainow! duya pura bahya, pares’ni puchhya, bhainow ! 
Bhainow ! tria pura bahya, sas ai-rahi, bhainow ! 
Tawe heth lukaya, roti pakawani, bhainow ! 
Bhainow ! jhunde heth lukaya, rnatha tek’naw, bhainow! 
Bhainow! pirhiya heth lukaya, pirhi sas di, bhainow ! 
Bliainow ! nei kune satya, chuha bhur’kya, bhainow ! 
Bhainow ! nei larhia satya, sihi tapya, bhainow ! 
Bhainow ! soh’re?* pak’ri dang, jethew mung’ri, bhainow! 
Bhainow ! soh’re di bhaji-gai jangh, jethe di ung’li, bhainow ! 
Bhainow ! unhaw jo pai-gai ap’ni, mam pura chhaki-lia, bhainow ! 
Kdngrd. 
Sisters, mother-in-law went to Lahor : I had charge of the house, sisters! 
Sisters, first my hand found the flour-binn, sisters ! 
Secondly my hand found the ghi-bag, sisters ! 
Thirdly my hand found the sugar-pot, sisters ! 
Sisters, I baked the first sweet-cake and the cat sneezed, sisters ! 
Sisters, the second sweet-cake I baked and the neighbour asked ques¬ 
tions, sisters! 
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Sisters, the third sweet-cake I baked and mother-in-law came, sisters ! 
I hid it under the baking-pan, baking bread, sisters! 
Sisters, I hid it under my veil, making my obeisance, sisters ! 
Sisters, I hid it under the chair, mother-in-law’s chair, sisters ! 
Sisters, taking it I threw it into a corner and a rat snatched at it, 
sisters ! 
Sisters, taking it I threw it into the home-field, a tiger leapt across 
sisters ! 
Sisters, father-in-law seized a stick, brother-in-law a mallet, sisters! 
Sisters, father-in-law’s thigh was broken and brother-in-law’s finger, 
sisters ! 
Sisters, each of them got his own (troubles), I eat the cake, sisters ! 
Notes. 
Bhainon, see song No. 45. 
kothi, ( cf. kothd, in previous song) an inner (or upper) room in 
native houses used as a storeroom; larder, granary, store-room. 
