I think though the lyrics could maybe change to: 'As you lay there by the tandoor', would that work prob not
A new version, more faithful to the original :
Get you your own Nipoori
Get you a fresh young fowl
Cover with curd and spices
And never more you'll toil
You'll just lay there by your tandoor
While the coals burn bright
Watch that fowl a-grillin'
In the charcoal's light.
My Daddy he made curries
My Granddaddy did too
We ain't bought no takeways
Since 1962
We just lay there by our tandoor
As the coals burned bright
Watched them birds a-grillin'
In the charcoal's light.
Make you a fire with hickory :
Hickory and ash and oak --
Don't use no green nor rotten wood
For you need the finest smoke
As you lay there by your tandoor
While the coals burn bright
Watch your meal a-grillin'
In the charcoal's light.
Wash it down with Cobra,
Or Carlsberg Elephant Brew
Serve with Naan and Raita,
Salad and Sag Aloo.
For you cooked it in your tandoor
As the coals burned bright
Cooked it to perfection --
Consummate delight !
** Phil.