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Lingua Franca

by Saraswathi Jones

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Sloka 02:44
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Don't lose your mother tongue you were born today Don't lose your mother tongue you were born today You are fragile, girl you are young You bear the markings and you wear the gun You picked your battle now the end has come You are staring right up at the sun Don't lose your mother tongue you were born today Don't lose the one thing they can't take away Take away You're a martyr, girl, you're a queen You're in the papers on the national scene But you're forgotten in the regime You're a flash in the pan on the screen Don't lose your mother tongue you were born today Don't lose your mother tongue you were born today Desher jonmo desher mrtu Desher musulman o hindu Lingua franca you're born into Mukti bahini Don't lose your mother tongue you were born today Don't lose the one thing they can't take away Joya hai joya hai joya hai joya hai Joya hai hai hai
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Senseless 03:44

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The 5-track debut album by postcolonial pop rocker Saraswathi Jones.

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released April 27, 2013

All songs recorded, mixed and mastered by Josh Cohen at Black Hat Music.
Cello on "Mother Tongue" and "Senseless" by Ben Stephens.
Viola on "Senseless" and "Sloka" by Susannah Plaster.
Sarangi on "Jewel in the Crown" by Bunty Singh.
Album design by Azhar Husain and Caroline Cohen.
Special thanks to Jada Willard, Josh Kantor, Seth Heidkamp, Jeff Kauppi, and Aparna Das, Loreto Ansaldo and my incredible family and friends.

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Saraswathi Jones Tempe, Arizona

Saraswathi Jones is a vocalist, composer, multi-instrumentalist and imperfectionist.
Photo by Kelly Davidson Savage.

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