2This one seems to be the parody, as a gālī, of the first two lines of a serious song for the occasion found in Indian collections but not recorded in Surinam. Cp. R. Tripāṭhī ('29: 162-163); Archer and Prasād ('43: 64-65); D. Siṁha ('44: 393); D. Satyārthī (Belā Phūle Ādhī Rāta: 22). They all record lines somewhat in this vein: a good man (or, a man of refinement) is giving the vermilion and I become another's.

3The lines may be repeated, replacing ‘father’ by other male relatives.