I read somewhere -- maybe at the Public Domain website or at a site devoted to traditional American songs -- that PWD goes back to the Revolutionary War.
If I figure out where I got that info, I'll update it. Maybe someone else knows, too.

Ewan, Do you have the words to Malaika? I know it goes, "Malaika, na ku penda(sp?), Malaika," ( "I love you, Malaika"). I'd love to have all the words and the translation.

Genie

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