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“Toyang” by Eraserheads
Album Ultraelectromagneticpop! [1993] / The Singles [2001] / Anthology [2004]
Words By Ely Buendia / Marcus Adoro
Music By Ely Buendia / Marcus Adoro
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This, this, this next song is all about love
And I wrote it all by myself

They try to tell us we're too young
Too young to really be in love

Bahay nami'y maliit lamang
Pero, pero, pero, pero malinis 'to pati sa kusina
Kumain man kami'y laging sama-sama
Pen, pen, pen de sara pen, de kutsilyo de armasen
Haw, haw, haw de carabao, de carabao de batuten

Pengeng singko pambili ng puto
Sa mga tindera ng bitso-bitso
Skyflakes, Coke 500, pahingi ng kiss
Ang bayad mo sa jeepney kulang pa ng diyes

Mahal ko si Toyang 'pagkat siya'y simple lamang
Kahit namomroblema basta't kami ay magakasama

Madalas man kaming walang pera
Makita lang ang kislap ng kanyang mga mata ako ay busog na
Nakatambay kami sa Tandang Sora
Yo, take it

Ti ayat ti maysa nga baro
(How can I tell you about my loved one)
Ket balasang nga natalna
(How can I tell you about my loved one)
Uray man, uray man, uray man
(How can I tell you about my loved one)
Haan unay nga nadonya
(How can I tell you about my loved one)

Bahay nami'y maliit lamang
Pero, pero, pero, pero malinis 'to pati sa kusina
Kumain man kami'y laging sama-sama
Pen, pen, pen de sara pen, de kutsilyo de armasen
Haw, haw, haw de carabao, de carabao de batuten

Mahal ko si Toyang 'pagkat siya'y simple lamang
Kahit namomroblema basta't kami ay magakasama

Woh
Toyang, o, Toyang
Please, pakinggan mo naman ako
I will always be true to you, woh!
Take it
We were not too young at all
Woh
Song Trivia
On the part where you hear the lyrics that goes

"Ti ayat ti maysa nga baro
Ket balasang nga natalna
Uray man, uray man, uray man
Haan unay nga nadonya"

is an Ilocano dialect which can be translated into Filipino as

"Ako ay umiibig sa isang dalaga
Mabango at mahinhin
Kahit na, kahit na, kahit na
Hindi siya isang prinsesa"

This is actually the chorus of a love song in Ilocos which was inherited from the old Spaniards then.
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