The lines quoted in Chapter Two (ág mor lágal ba . . .), are from a song collected by Edward O. Henry (Chant The Names of God: Music and Culture in Bhojpuri-Speaking India, San Diego State University Press, San Diego, 1988, p. 288). The lines quoted in Chapter Three (Majha dhára me hai bera merá . . .), are from a song collected by Helen Myers, Music of Hindu Trinidad: Songs from the Indian Diaspora, Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1998, p. 307. The lines quoted in Chapter Five (Sãjh bhailé . . .), are from Sarita Boodhoo’s Bhojpuri Traditions in Mauritius, Mauritius Bhojpuri Inst., Port
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