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Choci Loni Lyrics

Eaten out of house and home,
Choci Loni starts a roam
Putting on a bandolier,
Hearing through a nudie ear

Choci Loni roams
Choci Loni roams
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Cover art for Choci Loni lyrics by Young Marble Giants

I saw a Bengali restaurant named "Chokhi Dhani" after having recently listened to this song so the word similarities made me think, took the Bengali into google translate and it came back as "eyes are rich", I changed it to "chokhi lani" and that came back as "eye candy" or "chokhi loni" as "eye catching"... Possible bad translation like David Byrne's bad French in "Psycho Killer"? Both from the 80s so...

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@malkuth110 @malkuth110

"Choki Dhani" is undoubtedly a Rajasthani (a dialect of Hindi) term and likely translates to "special village" or something similar. "Chokhi" means good, special, or excellent, and "Dhani" refers to a small town or village. I believe it’s also a restaurant chain that offers a Rajasthani heritage experience, although I’m not entirely sure about the details.

It doesn’t have anything to do with Bengali, as the words "Chokhi" and "Dhani" are rooted in Rajasthani. Bengali is a completely different language with its own script and distinct linguistic roots....

Cover art for Choci Loni lyrics by Young Marble Giants

I think this is a Welsh artists' musical interpretation of the romanticized archetypal lone cowboy existence in the American frontier-era west.