Pink Martini - Üsküdar'a gider İken | Live from Washington - 2011

Excerpted from Pink Martini's September 3, 2011 concert at Chateau Ste. Michelle, near Seattle, Washington. "Üsküdar'a gider İken" is a traditional Turkish song that appears on from Pink Martini's 2013 studio album, Get Happy, here featuring vocalist Storm Large. The song has long been popular in concert for the band, with bandleader Thomas Lauderdale usually inviting Turkish fans in the audience to come on stage to sing backup, no matter where the concert is taking place.

LYRICS (in Turkish):

Üsküdara gider iken
Aldýda bir yaghmur
Üsküdara gider iken
Aldýda bir yaghmur
Kâtibimin setresi uzun
Eteghi çamur
Kâtibimin setresi uzun
Eteghi çamur

Üsküdara gider iken
Bir mendil buldum
Üsküdara gider iken
Bir mendil buldum
Mendilimin içine de
Lokum doldurdum
Mendilimin içine de
Lokum doldurdum

Kâtibimi arar iken
Yanýmda buldum
Kâtibimi arar iken
Yanýmda buldum
Kâtip benim ben kâtibin
El ne karýshýr
Kâtibime kolalý da gömlek
Ne güzel yarashýr


LYRICS (English translation):

On the way to Üsküdar
It started raining
On the way to Üsküdar
It started raining
My scribe’s coats are long
His skirt is muddy
My scribe’s coats are long
His skirt is muddy

On the way to Üsküdar
I found a handkerchief
On the way to Üsküdar
I found a handkerchief
And I filled the kerchief with
Lokum (Turkish delight candy)
And I filled the kerchief with
Lokum (Turkish delight candy)

When I looked for my scribe
I found him at my side
When I looked for my scribe
I found him at my side
The scribe is mine, I’m the scribe’s
Hands will mix
How much it suits my scribe
To have a starched collar

LINEUP:

Thomas M. Lauderdale - bandleader, piano
Storm Large - lead vocals
Gavin Bondy - trumpet
Robert Taylor - trombone
Phil Baker - upright bass
Dan Faehnle - guitar
Nicholas Crosa - violin
Pansy Chang - cello
Timothy Nishimoto - vocals and percussion
Brian Davis - percussion
Derek Rieth - percussion
Martin Zarzar - drums
Maureen Love - harp

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