Goalpariya lokageet is a regional folk music

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 of Assam

Assam

Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...

 basically from the erstwhile Goalpara district

Goalpara District

Goalpara district is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters are located in Goalpara town.-History:...

. It is due to the folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 singer Pratima Barua Pandey

Pratima Barua Pandey

Pratima Barua Pandey was a popular folk singer from the royal family of Gauripur in lower Assam's Dhubri district...

 who popularised and integrated-hitherto little known, the genre of Goalpariya lokageet into the mainstream Assamese

Assamese language

Assamese is the easternmost Indo-Aryan language. It is used mainly in the state of Assam in North-East India. It is also the official language of Assam. It is also spoken in parts of Arunachal Pradesh and other northeast Indian states. Nagamese, an Assamese-based Creole language is widely used in...

 music

Music

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 and even to the nation

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al level. Other noted singers are Allauddin Sarkar, Hamida Sarkar, Abdul Jabber, to mention a few.

Some well known Goalpariya lokageet are:

O mor hai hastir kanyare

Khaniko doya nai mahutok lagiyare

Hastir kanya, hastir kanya, bamuner nari

Mathai niya tam kalsi o

Omi hate sonar jhari omi o

O mor hai hastir kanyare

Tomra gaile ki ashiben

mor mahut bandhu re

Hastire naran, hastire choran,

Kakoua basher aara

Ore ki shape dongshilek bandhubak

Bandhua hoilo mor lorare

Lal gamcha ranga sari re

Ore tar madhye nanan dor

Ajir moto jao bandhu

Shawami ache mor

Lal sari le re moina, lal sari re

Tor malik bhalo re moina, lal sari re

Are laljir bari jabire moina, lal sari re

Godi, gadla pabire moina, lal sari re

Dine dine khusia paribe

Rangilar dalaner mati o saire