It sounds generally reminiscent of this 8 8 8 8 novena hymn:
"O Mother of Perpetual Help, to thee we come imploring help, behold us here, from far and near to ask of thee our help to be"
Maybe we should go a little more high-tech: your friend in India can use a phone to record the hymn, e-mail the recording to you, we can post it on the forum, and members across the world can scratch their heads and say, "what's that"?
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