"Sedang apa, sedang apa, sedang apa sekarang?
Sekarang sedang apa, sedang apa sekarang?
Sedang makan, sedang makan, sedang makan sekarang
Sekarang makan apa, makan apa sekarang?
This song is often sung by Indonesian children who study at school, elementary and primary school. For Boy Scout member, in junior or senior high school, in college or university, this song is popular song. They often sing it together in their program, camping. I personally believe that song is adapted from a popular traditional American song entitled “Clementine”. These complete lyrics of this song are:
In a cavern, in a canyon,
Excavating for a mine
Dwelt a miner forty niner,
And his daughter Clementine
Oh my darling, oh my darling,
Oh my darling, Clementine!
Thou art lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine
Light she was and like a fairy,
And her shoes were number nine,
Herring boxes, without topses,
Sandals were for Clementine.
Oh my darling, oh my darling,
Oh my darling, Clementine!
Thou art lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine
Drove she ducklings to the water
Ev'ry morning just at nine,
Hit her foot against a splinter,
Fell into the foaming brine.
Oh my darling, oh my darling,
Oh my darling, Clementine!
Thou art lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine
Ruby lips above the water,
Blowing bubbles, soft and fine,
But, alas, I was no swimmer,
So I lost my Clementine.
Oh my darling, oh my darling,
Oh my darling, Clementine!
Thou art lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine
How I missed her! How I missed her,
How I missed my Clementine,
But I kissed her little sister,
I forgot my Clementine.
Oh my darling, oh my darling,
Oh my darling, Clementine!
Thou art lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine
***
As we all know, In Indonesia, these parts of song is then adopted and changed:
In a cavern, in a canyon,
Excavating for a mine
Dwelt a miner forty niner,
And his daughter Clementine
Oh my darling, oh my darling,
Oh my darling, Clementine!
Thou art lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine
***
Those lyrics are changed by Indonesian into:
"Sedang apa, sedang apa, sedang apa sekarang?
Sekarang sedang apa, sedang apa sekarang?
Sedang makan, sedang makan, sedang makan sekarang
Sekarang makan apa, makan apa sekarang?"
***
Here, Now I change those lyrics into my own lyrics but not change the music and here it is the lyrics:
"Good afternoon, Good afternoon, Good afternoon all my friends
I am ready, you are ready, we are ready for English
We’ll be happy, We’ll be happy, We’ll be happy all my friends
Coz we can speak, and write English for best future all my friends"
***
This song I use to motivate my students. By singing this song together with all my students, they will never be afraid again to study English especially speaking. I hope the Indonesian English teachers follow my way. The following is further information how we apply it in our classroom.
Level: All grades (TK/RA – SD/ MI – SMP/ MTs – SMA/ MA – University/ College)
Activities/ Procedure:
Before the lesson is started, the teacher asks one of student to come forward to be the leader to sing together.
Then that boy/ girl says” Now, stand up please!. Before we start our lesson let’s sing together. One, two, three, four ….
(singing in the morning)
"Hey good morning, Hey good morning, Hey good morning all my friends
I am ready, you are ready, We are ready for English
We’ll be happy, We’ll be happy, We’ll be happy all my friends
Coz We can speak, and write English for best future all my friends"
***
But when you teach in the afternoon (after DZUHUR time or 12.01 p.m, you just change the words “hey good morning “ into “good afternoon” . Look at this lyrics!
"Good afternoon, Good afternoon, Good afternoon all my friends
I am ready, you are ready, we are ready for English
We’ll be happy, We’ll be happy, We’ll be happy all my friends
Coz we can speak, and write English for best future all my friends"
(This song is repeated twice)
Notes:
In the first meeting of odd or even semester, the teacher should give this song to the students in order that they know and sing this song.
This activity can be done for the whole semester or if we know that our students look boring, unmotivated or tired, we can ask them to sing this song. That’s the simple way!
it's better if we sing it loudly while clapping our hands
