Add to ORKGThis song is based on an old traditional song teaching good behaviour. "To keep a dog one must be wise-if you take a stick it will run away. In the same way we must be tactful with our wives. If we use force, we shall fail to control them. A bad wife is not neccessarily the one who talks too much, and a good wife is not neccessarily one who talks less. By all means, let us see what we see, but we should not give our ears to everything we hear." The singer adds: "I heard this song from the Lala." The whole song is performed in a kind of recitative with call and answer. Morality song with guitar and bottle
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Initiation rites in Africa mark a transition for the initiates from one stage in life to another, an...
The song is said to have been sung when people were on the move. It appears to be a morality song. "...
"Do not cry baby! the water pans have dried up, my father and mother died and I had no one to advise...
There is a Chewa custom that when a girl is old enough she is taught how to become a good wife and m...
There was once a man who went hunting and caught a buck. He gave the liver and innards to his mother...
This song warns a man to be good and a faithful servant once he is entrusted with service by his mas...
"Simbayuka musiyele kwa limulanga. Simbayuka, Simbayukamusiyele kwa limulanga ngoma ya mahule omu om...
"At your home you give a person to the spirit Sikwembo. But at my house we only give a chicken to Si...
The singer's theme deals with the things he wants from life and he gives various examples. He says, ...
An uncle says to his nephew: "Don't copy Henry and imitate his songs, but sing the songs of our fore...
A song about the dreadful results of not obeying your parents. A badly brought up disobedient girl i...
The cross rhythm of this song is typical, while the melodic formula of the lyric is one which has co...
"Cyo tya amatwi wumve abakuvuba, Balirimba akamaro ubafitiye, Si urulinu ruvuga ubasa, Ni umutima us...
"If a husband is kind to his wife and gives her presents, she will stay at home like a good wife," N...
In this song the singer explains, is about men who spend their time with other men's wives. Why do y...
Initiation rites in Africa mark a transition for the initiates from one stage in life to another, an...
The song is said to have been sung when people were on the move. It appears to be a morality song. "...
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