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Thread #79655 Message #1444578
Posted By: chico
26-Mar-05 - 11:30 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Bantu Original Words to 'Somagwaza'
Subject: Lyr Req: Batu Original Words to 'Somagwaza'
Bizarre request: I've got the peter paul and mary english translation of the song SOMAGWAZA, is there the actual bantu original words (no english) in existence? Thanks
(peter paul mary below E Major:)
E B7 E
Ha Weh Ha Weh, Somagwaza
Somagwaza ma yo-weh yo-weh
He Ma Yo-Weh, He Ma Yo-Weh
Somagwaza
E B7
|: My mother travelled to Pretoria
E
to buy the license for the wedding day :|
E B7 E B7 E
Hey, Motswala, hey Motswala, hey, Motswala, hey Motswala
My father wants to give the bride away
but I think he's waiting for a dowry
My father wants to give the bride away
but I think he's waiting for a dowry
Hey, Motswala, hey Motswala, hey Motswala, hey Motswala
Now the time has come, I have to go;
I wish perhaps I had not hurried so
Now the time has come, I have to go;
I wish perhaps I had not hurried so
Hey, Motswala, hey Motswala, hey Motswala, hey Motswala