Magic in Tunes – Lakadi Ki Kaathi

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This song is from 1983 Indian Hindi-language drama film Masoom (= Innocent).  It is an adaptation of the 1980 Erich Segal novel Man, Woman and Child, which was also adapted into a Indian Malayalam-language movie Olangal (1982) and an American movie Man, Woman and Child (1983). The film also has been remade into a Indian Telugu-language movie named Illalu Priyuralu (1984) and in Turkish as Bir Akşam Üstü.

Music was composed by R. D. Burman to the Lyrics penned by Gulzar. Sung by Vanita Mishra, Gauri Bapat and Gurpreet Kaur.

Lyrics transliterated:

Lakadi Ki Kaathi Kaathi Pe Ghoda; Ghode Ki Dum Pe Jo Maara Hathauda

Dauda Dauda Dauda Ghoda Dum Utha Ke Dauda

Lakadi Ki Kaathi Kaathi Pe Ghoda; Ghode Ki Dum Pe Jo Maara Hathauda

Dauda Dauda Dauda Ghoda Dum Utha Ke Dauda

Lakadi Ki Kaathi Kaathi Pe Ghoda; Ghode Ki Dum Pe Jo Maara Hathauda

Dauda Dauda Dauda Ghoda Dum Utha Ke Dauda

Ghoda Pahuncha Chauk; Mein Chauk Mein Tha Naai; Ghodeji Ki Naai Ne Hazaamat Jo Banaai

Takbak Takbak Takbak Takbak

Ghoda Pahuncha Chauk; Mein Chauk Mein Tha Naai; Ghodeji Ki Naai Ne Hazaamat Jo Banaai

Dauda Dauda Dauda Ghoda Dum Utha Ke Dauda

Lakadi Ki Kaathi Kaathi Pe Ghoda; Ghode Ki Dum Pe Jo Maara Hathauda

Dauda Dauda Dauda Ghoda Dum Utha Ke Dauda

Ghoda Tha Ghamandi Pahuncha Sabji Mandi; Sabji Mandi Baraf Padi Thi Baraf Mein Lag Gai Thandi

Takbak Takbak Takbak Takbak

Ghoda Tha Ghamandi Pahuncha Sabji Mandi; Sabji Mandi Baraf Padi Thi Baraf Mein Lag Gai Thandi

Dauda Dauda Dauda Ghoda Dum Utha Ke Dauda

Lakadi Ki Kaathi Kaathi Pe Ghoda; Ghode Ki Dum Pe Jo Maara Hathauda

Dauda Dauda Dauda Ghoda Dum Utha Ke Dauda

Ghoda Apana Tagda Hai Dekho Kitani Charbi Hai; Chalta Hai Mehrauli Mein Par Ghoda Apna Arabi Hai

Ghoda Apana Tagda Hai Dekho Kitani Charbi Hai; Chalta Hai Mehrauli Mein Par Ghoda Apna Arabi Hai

Baanh Chhuda Ke Dauda Ghoda Dum Utha Ke Dauda

Lakadi Ki Kaathi Kaathi Pe Ghoda; Ghode Ki Dum Pe Jo Maara Hathauda

Dauda Dauda Dauda Ghoda Dum Utha Ke Dauda

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