Gilli-Danda (Devanagari: गिल्ली डण्डा, Tamil: கிட்டி-புல், Urdu: گلی ڈنڈا) is an amateur sport played in the rural areas and small towns all over India and Pakistan especially in Tamil Nadu, Punjab, as well as Cambodia.
Gilli Danda known by various other names: it is called Tipcat in English, Dandi-Biyo (डण्डी बियो) in Nepali, alak-doulak (الک دولک) in Persian, dānggűli in Bengali & Assamese, chinni-dandu in Kannada, kuttiyum kolum in Malayalam, viti-dandu विट्टी दांडू in Marathi, kitti-pul (கிட்டி-புல்) in Tamil, Gooti-Billa or Karra-Billa or Billam-Godu in Telugu, Gulli-Danda in Punjabi, Geeti Danna (گیٹی ڈنا) in (Saraiki, Iti-Dakar (اٽي ڏڪر) in Sindhi, Lappa-Duggi (لپا ڈگی ) in Pashto and Kon ko in khmer, the Cambodian language.
"Gilli Danda" origins in India date back to the "Maurya Dynasty" or even before that. This game is an extremely famous local game played all over the sub continent and even in South Asia. Gilli Danda is also believed to be the origin of many such European and American games like Cricket, Baseball & Softball. This is due to the uncanny similarities of this game to the current version of Cricket or Baseball.
TOO MANY RIFLES AT YOUR HEAD
TOO MANY LIVES FROM WHICH YOU'VE FLED
TOO MANY STAINS IN YOUR BED
TOO MANY WOUNDS THAT NEVER BLED
TOO MANY TEARS STILL TO BE SHED
TOO MANY REASON TO BE DEAD
YOUR TIME IS UP THE DAY THE GUILLOTINE COMES DOWN
YOUR TIME IS UP THE DAY THE GUILLOTINE COMES DOWN
TOO MANY THINGS YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID
CAN'T SEE A CLEARING UP AHEAD
THIS SILLY MESS THAT YOU'RE IN
WILL ALL THE TIME BE DEEPENING
YOUR TIME IS UP THE DAY THE GUILLOTINE COMES DOWN
YOUR TIME IS UP THE DAY THE GUILLOTINE COMES DOWN
TIME BURNS YOU DOWN EACH DAY TIME AFTER TIME
YOU TRY AND TEAR YOURSELF AWAY
AND YOUR THIRST GROWS AND GROWS
AND YOU CAN'T FIND THE WELL
THE CLUE YOU NEED TO KNOW