one of my favourite songs of all time produced by scratch ,
sang by sam carty
i found the original version some years ago and here it is ,first lee perrys version then the original by Naushad
(info)
Bird In Hand is actually a cover of a song from a 1950 Indian film
called "Babul" (dir. Raj Kapoor). The original song, written by
Naushad, is sung by Talat Mehmood and Shamshad Begum. If you want to
know what sam carty singing (check it out!), the original words are:
Milte hi aankhein dil hua deewana kissi ka (x2)
Afsana mera ban gaya afsana kissi ka
Puchho na mohabbat ka asar, haay na puchho
Dam bhara mein koyi ho gaya, parwaana kisika
Afsaana mera ban gaya, afsaana kisika
translated:
As soon as our eyes met, somebody's heart went mad
My tale has happened, somebody's tale
Don't ask me love's effect, oh, don't ask
I took a breath and somebody happened, somebody's lover