21G R. C. Temple— Some Hindu Folksongs from the Fanjdb [No. 3, 
NURSERY RHYMES. 
51. 
Mera khinim nabm mil’da, we 1 
Mam kithe ja dhundangi ? 
Kujli bas nabm aundi: 
Mam kitlie ja sungbangi p 
Punjab. 
My ball I cannot find, 01 
Where shall I go and search ? 
No smell comes from it : 
Where shall I go and smell ? 
Notes. 
khinun, khinnu , khiddu, khiddo, Panj., a small ball or plaything : 
a child’s bouncing ball. 
we = be, 0 ! 
kithe? Panj., lit. t in what place ? where ? 
52. 
A, re koko; ja, re koko ! 
Jangal pakke her: 
(Mera bibi sone mang’ta ;) 
Dam’ri ke do ser. 
Punjab. 
Come, O crow ; go, 0 crow ! 
The wild-plums are ripe in the jangal: 
(My baby wants to sleep ;) 
Two sers for a pie. 
Notes. 
This and the next three songs are sung by my ayahs, Panjabis, to 
my son aged about a year, to send him to sleep. They seem to be standard 
songs for English babies, but I do not know for certain if they are sung 
by the women to their own children. 
koko ; a crow, child’s bugbear : bugaboo, 
ber , the wild-plum : Zyziphus jujuba. 
bibi, a little baby, applied to any European baby, male (as here) or 
female: probably it is a corruption of the English word ‘ baby.’ 
dumri, a pie : a nominal coin : for nothing, for a song. 
