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Many people believe that Pantala Naga Pampa means "Welcome To Our Home" in Gambian. The only problem with that is in Gambia they speak English and there is no Gambian language. It actually means "There's a python in my pants" in Indian. Dave had an Indian chef who used to yell it while he was cooking and Dave would yell it back. When he wrote the song he humorously named it Pantala Naga Pampa and didn't know what it meant. (thanks, staci - holdenville, OK)
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I wish it were a whole song, I love it, some of the reason I even put Before These Crowded Streets on is for this tune
- Susan, Westchestertonfieldville, VA
Alex from Carrollton, TX - you're right and well spotted! It's at the end of Jimi Thing - there's a pause/stop on the A7 chord, then they slip into this really lovely outro which is the part of Pantala Naga Pampa after the first eight bars when it slips into half time - if you sing the words over the top of the end of the Luther College Jimi Thing, you'll smile to yourself!!
- Dave, London, England
I think dave played with this song for a long time. If you have the Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds Live at Luthor College album, they start playing Pantala Naga Pampa. They repeat it a couple of times, then the song ends. Once i find which song i'll post it here
- alex, carrollton, TX
very good ben im happy that i see a dmb freak on this site besides myself
- Jeremy, clay, NY
Actually, the song Pantala Naga Pampa comes from an older DMB song known as What Will Become of Me, which was its own song and existed long before Rapunzel. For the album Before These Crowded Streets, the band just took the riff from that song and wrote new lyrics for it.
- Ben, harpers ferry, WV
Very much the intro to Rapunzel, he wouldn't play it without doing this one first.
- Ian, Urbana, IL
Basically the intro to Rapunzel.
- Tommy, Southboro, MA