Gang Kelinci singer

Indonesia is in grief again. Lilies Suryani a singer from the era of 60 which famous with the song of gang kelinci has past away on Sunday (7/10) at 21.30 WIB, in her house on Jalan Haji Naman Pondok Kelapa, East Jakarta. She past away because of uterus cancer which she got since 4 years ago.

Lilies Suryani start her career in 1963 when she was only 15 years old. She was in the entertainment singing world for over frothy years. Beside “Gang Kelinci” there were another popular song from Lilies such as “Asmara” and “Ulang Tahunku” which was created by another famous Indonesian artist Titiek Puspa.

She also wrote over than 50 songs such as 'Lenggang Kangkung', 'Ratapan Sang Bayi', 'Air Mata', 'Tepuk Tangan', and “Ujung Pandang' . She even create a song for president Soekarno with the title of “Paduka yang mulia” and “Muhibah”. And another song she write with the title of “Si Baju Loreng” was a song base on her admiration to one of the member of Indonesian army (ABRI); this was a song that was famous in middle of 60 as a heroism song.

This is the lyric of Lilies Suryani most famous song “Gang Kelinci”:

Jakarta kota ku indah dan megah

di situlah aku di lahirkan

rumahku di salah satu gang

namanya gang kelinci

entah apa sampai namanya kelinci

mungkin dulu kerajaan kelinci

karena manusia bertambah banyak 

kasihan kelinci terdesak 

*

sekarang rumahnya berjubel

oh...padat penghuninya

anak-anak segudang 

krudak... kruduk...

kayak kelinci

kami semua hidup rukun dan damai

hanya satu yang aku herankan

badanku bulat tak bisa tinggi

persis kayak anak kelinci