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Backstory:

The words to this song, written into the melody, came from an inspiration I (Ban) got from a poem called “I Remember, I Remember” by Thomas Hood (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/44387) that was part of our curriculum in grade school (forgot which grade exactly). The song had touched me really deeply, so much so that many years later it gave birth to “Chupi Chupi.” It has been the source of inspiration for a multitude of other poems and songs I have penned over the years. 

Obviously a song about yearning for childhood, it 'shows' in flashback images of toys, dolls, swings, and the land of fairies. In our fancy, we can go anywhere, even to the days when we were little. 

This song led to the first official (post-album release) music video from Ban Brothers' 2016 World Music Album "All About Love: Music from the Heart."
Vocals: Supriya Joshi 
Whistle: Debasis Shome 
Vocals Recorded at: Lata Mangeshkar Studio in Mumbai, India by Bhavesh Liya 
Pre-Mix Engineering: Gautam Banerjee 
Mixed and Mastered at: Bombay Mixlab in Mumbai, India by P.A. Deepak 
Written, Arranged, and Produced by: Ban Brothers

Lyrics:

                                                  
CHUPI CHUPI [SILENTLY]
(Gautam Banerjee, Swagata “Ban” Banerjee)

[Chorus]
SILENTLY…
LET’S RETRACE OUR PATHS
BACK TO CHILDHOOD *
LIKE A BIRD
SPREAD OUR WINGS 
HOLDING HANDS OF TIME
BACK TO CHILDHOOD

Repeat Chorus (up to *) two times

[Verse 1]
WE’LL ROCK ON SWINGS
PLAY WITH TOYS AND DOLLS
AND LISTENING TO FAIRY-TALES
WE’LL FLY TO THE LAND OF FAIRIES
LIKE A BIRD
SPREAD OUR WINGS 
HOLDING HANDS OF TIME
BACK TO CHILDHOOD 

Repeat Chorus (up to *) two times

[Verse 2]
WITH HALF-BAKED WORDS IN OUR MOUTHS 
WE WERE HAPPY THEN
HOW I LONG TO GO BACK 
TO THOSE WORRILESS DAYS
LIKE A BIRD
SPREAD OUR WINGS 
HOLDING HANDS OF TIME
BACK TO CHILDHOOD

Repeat Chorus (up to *) two times

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Lyrics translated by Swagata "Ban" Banerjee

Copyright © 2016-20 Gautam Banerjee, Swagata “Ban” Banerjee

Published (P) 2016 Ban Brothers Publishing (ASCAP)