Lyr Req: You'll Never Rule Here in Africa

Subject: ADD: Impi (Johnny Clegg)
From: GUEST,celtic983
Date: 27 Apr 01 - 11:24 PM

hey mel i think this is the song you are talking about!

Impi

Chorus:
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?


All along the river Chelmsford's army lay asleep
Come to crush the Children of Mageba
Come to exact the Realm's price for peace
And in the morning as they saddled up to ride
Their eyes shone with the fire and the steel
The General told them of the task that lay ahead
To bring the People of the Sky to heel

Chorus

Mud and sweat on polished leather
Warm rain seeping to the bone
They rode through the season's wet weather
Straining for a glimpse of the foe
Hopeless battalion destined to die
Broken by the Benders of Kings
Vainglorious General and Victorian pride
Would cost him and eight hundred men their lives

Chorus

They came to the side of the mountain
Scouts rode out to spy the land
Even as the Realm's soldiers lay resting
Mageba's forces were at hand
And by the evening the vultures were wheeling
Above the ruins where the fallen lay
An ancient song as old as the ashes
Echoed as Mageba's warriors marched away

Chorus

Line Breaks <br> added.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You'll Never Rule Here in Africa
From: GUEST,mel
Date: 27 Apr 01 - 03:41 PM

Thanks for all the help so far.. unfortunately i can't remeber just a whole lot of the song "You'll never rule here in africa, you'll never rule zulu land, you'll never rule here in africa, you will die beneath the african sky" is about all i know. also towards the end it goes somthing like (though i am not for certain this is the exact words used) "and the song that they were singing as old as the earth, was echoed as the Zulus rode away" or somthing along that line. thanks again for all the effort mel

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You'll Never Rule Here in Africa
From: katlaughing
Date: 27 Apr 01 - 03:21 AM

You might try searching the lyrics of Clegg at this site.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You'll Never Rule Here in Africa
From: Sorcha
Date: 27 Apr 01 - 12:55 AM

4 hits on Copernic, all irrelevant.......

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You'll Never Rule Here in Africa
From: Joe Offer
Date: 27 Apr 01 - 12:51 AM

It sounds familiar, Mel, but I can't put my finger on it. I checked the two Clegg CD's I have, and didn't find it. Do you remember any more of the song?
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You'll Never Rule Here in Africa
From: MMario
Date: 26 Apr 01 - 04:58 PM

zero hits from Google.

Subject: You'll Never Rule Here in Africa
From: GUEST,Mel
Date: 26 Apr 01 - 04:55 PM

I think this song was by Johnny Clegg but I am not sure. I am not sure what the title of the song even is, all i know is that the song has the line "You'll never rule here in africa" I think the song is about the battle of Isanlwanda in the Zulu wars. It is a great song however i have not been able to find the lyrics