I believe we're talking about the Quartet brothers' "sAmi ninnE kOrinAnurA" in tODi, ShankarAbharaNa, pantuvarALi, aThANA, bhairavi, kalyANi, vasanta, and mukAri (guess ashTakam not navam). I believe there's a tamizh version that goes "sAmiyai azhaittODivA" based on the same tune.