BLEWU | A dirge in Eʋe 

Bless you

Here would never be any other recording of this song better than Bella's. Her voice makes the lyrics sink deep into your soul.

You are Bless

Bella Bellow is not the original composer

@@sofoantwi5935 I did not say so.

Great I love this song

In the late 50's I thought Bella bello died in early 70s? I was 5 years old, my dad was driving in lome when we heard a violent accident. My father who was a doctor jumped from his car to help. He left us in the car for about an hour. He came back and said bella bellow just died. She could not have sung it in the 50s that will mean she was about 1 years old when she was a singer. It is not possible We were at the accident scene when she passed. I will never forget. .

@@jeanjacquesvovor8918 The original was recorded in the 1950s. I was ere, and I listened to it on the Gold Coast Broadcasting System. What a calm, lovely time to be alive! Bella Bello's version was a re-recording!

Thank you :)

Thank you Cotylédonous ! That's truth meaning.

Thank you for your input, very valuable to me. I know this song is often used in Ghana at funerals, often played as a dirge. Do you know the person who wrote the lyrics? It would be interested to hear his/her input...

@@TheEvakunda Unfortunately, I don't know who wrote the lyrics. I know that Bella Bellow first recorded this song in 1971 or 1972 (she died in 1973) after her return from Paris. She had formed a group in Lomé called Gabada and recorded this song as a single (45 rpm) with the group. I also know that she worked with a lyricist on some of her other songs. Perhaps those in Togo who have the original 45 rpm can check the lyricist from the cover of the single. I do not know if Bella was the original composer of the music or if she worked from an old Ewe folk song. When I was growing up in the 70s, this song was not performed at funerals. It may be because recorded music was not played in those days at funerals. There were not many record players. At any rate it was not regarded as a funeral song. The playing of this song at funerals is of a relatively recent development with sound systems at funerals playing at high volumes 😁. Your own English transcript shows it is not a song for the dead. Perhaps another thing that makes people think it is a dirge is the first line which is often mistakenly sung, especially by Ghanaian Eυes, as: Blewuu mia ga kpe (Blewuu we shall meet again) which is something you can sing to the departed. But that is not what Bella was singing. She was saying Blewuu we shall reach home (our destination). Daavi Eva, your rendition of this beloved Eυe tune is superb.👍 Whether it is a dirge or not does not detract from your performance. And you have performed other Eυe tunes most magnificently. We love them all. Your ability to pronounce some sounds in this language that our fellow countrymen think is too difficult for them to learn, is most admirable and commendable. More grease to your elbows! Vi alla älskar dig... 🥰🥰🙏

Spot on!!! I was also surprised when people were relating it to a dirge. Well done for explaining further on it..

Thanks

Thank you

​​@@TheEvakundareat just one wrinkle it is not afe ( which means house) but apke ( thanks) mia da akpe to give thanks. I am ewe.

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Very nice, thank you.