Lee 'scratch' Perry - 'Bird in Hand'

Here's a little piece of trivia about the song 'Bird in Hand' that appeared on 'Return of the Super Ape' and various other albums. The most surprising thing is that it has hindi vocals.

'Bird In Hand' is actually a remake of a song from a 1950 Bollywood film called 'Babul' (dir. Raj Kapoor). The original song, written by Naushad, is sung by Talat Mehmood and Shamshad Begum.

the original words from 'Bird in Hand' 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

Which in English means:

As soon as eyes met, somebody's heart went mad
My tale has happened, somebody's tale
Don't ask me love's effect, ask "is it [love]?"
I took a breath and somebody happened, somebody's lover.

I don't know why he decided to record such a strange song, or how and when he heard the original. Questions that won't be answered today..

I've included bird in hand by Perry, and the original track by Talat Mehmood ( not the 1950s version, but an almost identical re-recording by the same artist )

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