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Subject: Origins: Kilimanjaro Road From: mumblin len Date: 11 Sep 06 - 01:50 PM I have been given the lyrics for the above song by a friend who wrote them out thirty-odd years ago, but he doesn't know who it was written by, or when. The first verse goes as follows: " Walking along by the side of a pack-horse, underneath the African sky, The road it was dusty, the sun it was hot, the coconut trees they grew high, The shining bodies of six black men, bearing their heavy loads. Twenty-five miles from Kimweze on the Kilimanjaro Road" I have all the verses, as far as I know, but would be interested to find out the provenance. Len |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Kilimanjaro Road From: Barry Finn Date: 11 Sep 06 - 02:22 PM Could you post the rest of the song? It looks great from the one you give. Any way to post the music? Thanks Barry |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Kilimanjaro Road From: mumblin len Date: 11 Sep 06 - 09:09 PM Sorry - my girlfriend said do that. Will do soon. |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Kilimanjaro Road From: Charley Noble Date: 11 Sep 06 - 09:43 PM Len- Yes, I'd love to see the whole thing as well. Charley Noble |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Kilimanjaro Road From: Barry Finn Date: 11 Sep 06 - 10:02 PM Thanks for the PM mumblin len Barry |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Kilimanjaro Road From: Charley Noble Date: 12 Sep 06 - 05:49 PM Yah, but what's the deal? Do we need to include our credit card account, our social security number and our mother's maiden name? ;~) But i"ll bite for a good song. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Kilimanjaro Road From: Joe Offer Date: 13 Sep 06 - 03:15 PM refresh - I'd sure like to see those lyrics... |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Kilimanjaro Road From: Girl Friday Date: 17 Sep 06 - 08:45 PM Joe... you get them. We have an email for YOU! these other guys won't give one. We have tried to post them but cut and paste from word doesn't work as the doc. is too big for the box. Can you Offer any advice? |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Kilimanjaro Road From: Effsee Date: 17 Sep 06 - 09:10 PM The lyrics of this has been bothering me:- "the coconut trees they grew high"............ the road must srart real close to the sea! |
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Subject: Chords Add: KILIMANJARO ROAD From: Joe Offer Date: 17 Sep 06 - 11:13 PM I got this in an e-mail from Girl Friday. Thanks a lot for sending this! -Joe Offer- |Am |G |E |Am | |G |Am Walking along by the side of a pack-horse, underneath the African sky, |Am |G |E |Am | |G |Am The road it was dusty, the sun it was hot, the coconut trees they grew high, |C |E7 |C |F | | |Am The shining bodies of six black men, bearing their heavy loads. |Am |E7 |Am | | |E7 |Am Twenty-five miles from Kimweze on the |Am |G |E |Am | |G |Am Five days travelling out from the bush and five days back again, |Am |G |E |Am | |G |Am The soles of my feet they started to blister. My body was bent with pain. |C |E7 |C |F | | |Am And I longed for the journey to come to an end, but the point on the compass showed, |Am |E7 |Am | | |E7 |Am We were twenty-five miles from Kimweze on the |Am |G |E |Am | |G |Am Well the dust from the road it would cause me to cough and the bugs would cause me to swear, |Am |G |E |Am | |G |Am My throat was so dry and I longed for some water but we'd got little to spare, |C |E7 |C |F | | |Am I'd look back down to the road to Heroosha where the river Pangani flowed, |Am |E7 |Am | | |E7 |Am But we were twenty-five miles from Kimweze on the |Am |G |E |Am | |G |Am By the side of the road were the huts made of mud, with bamboos stuck in the ground, |Am |G |E |Am | |G |Am I gazed at the sky, and I saw that the vultures were hungrily circling around. |C |E7 |C |F | | |Am We passed the farmers at work in the field, praying for the crops they sowed, |Am |E7 |Am | | |E7 |Am Twenty-five miles from Kimweze on the |Am |G |E |Am | |G |Am But hour by hour, and little by little, we came a bit nearer the town |Am |G |E |Am | |G |Am Evening approached and that African sun started at last to go down, |C |E7 |C |F | | |Am Our bodies all covered in dust and sweat, the strain of the journey showed, |Am |E7 |Am | | |E7 |Am The last twenty-five miles from Kimweze on the |
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Subject: Lyr Add: KILIMANJARO ROAD From: Joe Offer Date: 17 Sep 06 - 11:17 PM Here it is again, with chords removed for easier reading. Oh, but first, here's the e-mail text from Girl Friday:
KILIMANJARO ROAD COMPOSER UNKNOWN Walking along by the side of a pack-horse, underneath the African sky, The road it was dusty, the sun it was hot, the coconut trees they grew high, The shining bodies of six black men, bearing their heavy loads. Twenty-five miles from Kimweze on the Kilimanjaro Road Five days travelling out from the bush and five days back again, The soles of my feet they started to blister. My body was bent with pain. And I longed for the journey to come to an end, but the point on the compass showed, We were twenty-five miles from Kimweze on the Kilimanjaro Road Well the dust from the road it would cause me to cough and the bugs would cause me to swear, My throat was so dry and I longed for some water but we'd got little to spare, I'd look back down to the road to Heroosha where the river Pangani flowed, But we were twenty-five miles from Kimweze on the Kilimanjaro Road By the side of the road were the huts made of mud, with bamboos stuck in the ground, I gazed at the sky, and I saw that the vultures were hungrily circling around. We passed the farmers at work in the field, praying for the crops they sowed, Twenty-five miles from Kimweze on the Kilimanjaro Road. But hour by hour, and little by little, we came a bit nearer the town Evening approached and that African sun started at last to go down, Our bodies all covered in dust and sweat, the strain of the journey showed, The last twenty-five miles from Kimweze on the Kilimanjaro Road. |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Kilimanjaro Road From: Charley Noble Date: 18 Sep 06 - 12:15 PM Girl Friday- We don't run across many songs focused on Africa. So those of us who have been there find them interesting. Charley Noble |
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Subject: RE: Origins: From: Barry Finn Date: 19 Sep 06 - 03:24 AM & for some of us who haven't been there. Opps, I forgot, I've been to Tanger once. Saw an arm with 20 watche on it, covered by a sleeve, saw a charmer getting paid off by a snake & bought a camel skin for my head. Because I went there by water I wasn't even close to Kimwezs & far more than 25 miles from the Kilimanjaro Road. I forget when exactly but it was sometime during the early 70's, whn I was there, that because Brittish & Spainish relations were it the toliet the British made some foolish ruling about Spainish workers working on Gibraltar. So the Spainish declared that Gibraltar could not be accessed from Spain. So for a time, a very short time, one would have to take a ferry from Gibralter to Tanger, then board a ferry back across the Strait in order to get to the rock instead of the normal & simple few minute drive. The Brittish quickly did a turnaround & all things were as they should be. Peaceful. Barry Barry |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Kilimanjaro Road From: GUEST,Simon Cooper Date: 19 Sep 06 - 11:32 AM The Pangani River rises near Kilimanjaro and flows south east to the sea just south of Tanga in Tanzania and I would suggest that Heroosha in the song refers to Arusha. I am not sure where Kimwezi is. Given the reference to pack horses and African porters, could this song date back to the first world war when the British Army fought the Germans around the Kilimanjaro area? |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Kilimanjaro Road From: Charley Noble Date: 19 Sep 06 - 12:44 PM Simon- Seems likely to me that this song could date back to the British/German battles in East Africa during World War 1. Alternatively it might have been a safari run or missionaries moving in to set up a base. Interesting song. Charley Noble |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Kilimanjaro Road From: Girl Friday Date: 20 Sep 06 - 08:56 PM Thanks for the info chaps. Keep it coming. |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Kilimanjaro Road From: Girl Friday Date: 22 Sep 06 - 09:13 PM We are currently researching the song. Will keep you all posted. |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Kilimanjaro Road From: GUEST Date: 23 Sep 06 - 06:38 AM How is Kimweze pronounced phonetically? |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Kilimanjaro Road From: Girl Friday Date: 24 Sep 06 - 04:33 PM We don't think it is Kimweze. Can't find it on the map. Most lkely to be Mwenze pronunced Umwenzee, or possibly Umwayzee. There is such a place in the foothills of Kilimanjaro. Suggest Kimweze may be Kumwayzee. You need an African Massai speaker to confirm this. |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Kilimanjaro Road From: Girl Friday Date: 08 Nov 06 - 09:02 PM Mumbling Len mention ed this song to a musician from Croydon. He said he had a Rhodesian friend who sings it. Coincidence eh? |
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