"Aunt, stretch out the blanket. There are two of us. Stretch out the blanket, I will be coming, I am going out to smoke. When I leave here, going away. Montsala remain here and look after my children. Look after Mamotolo and Malerato and Toma. Toma, look after these children of mine particulary Mamotolo and Malerato. I looks as if I will be going away. I feel I am going. I really feel I will be crossing the river." 'To cross the river' in Sesotho means "I will be going to the Union of South Africa" with reference to the Calendon river which forms part of the border between the two countries. Women's party song, with clapping
The soloist rises in pitch throughout the song. "Rolling downs of Molapo. Mokale and Khethisa are qu...
"Goodbye! and stay well until my return." This song appears to be one of the best known in the Nyamw...
"Chameleon! Chameleon! Why are your eyes swollen? There is a funeral at home, you chaps, don't laugh...
"We intombi yazi khetela kwa mganami kwa sho umuntu. A ibanjwa ngamandla we mganami wam' kuyazitheth...
"Tabarireve is going. Mother dear, I am going. My day had known this, mother, My day had already gon...
"Let them gallop girls, let them gallop! I will not leave mu child behind. Donki is as close to me a...
"Basutoland, my fatherland." "Bushman's Nek is near Machache, in the mountains. I joined up for woek...
The voice of the singer is strongly affected by the vibrations of the drum and its mirliton. He sing...
"Matholoana, feed us and make us fat. Koali, the foundation of Masupha's kraal. The second chief to ...
"Where does the chief want us to go today? To leave in the evening when it is cold. With a drizzle o...
"Malona was warned of danger but she paid no attention and thus met with an accident." This song fol...
"Go well to Portuguese East Africa (Changani). Tell your relatives to take two knockberries. We shal...
Gebede, gebede is the sound of putting ones things together and the banging together of boxes prepar...
The words are mostly in Bemba with a little Swahili here and there. "About to snap, about to break. ...
A song commonly used by the canoe on the lower Shire river, a large tributary of the Zambezi. It wou...
The soloist rises in pitch throughout the song. "Rolling downs of Molapo. Mokale and Khethisa are qu...
"Goodbye! and stay well until my return." This song appears to be one of the best known in the Nyamw...
"Chameleon! Chameleon! Why are your eyes swollen? There is a funeral at home, you chaps, don't laugh...
"We intombi yazi khetela kwa mganami kwa sho umuntu. A ibanjwa ngamandla we mganami wam' kuyazitheth...
"Tabarireve is going. Mother dear, I am going. My day had known this, mother, My day had already gon...
"Let them gallop girls, let them gallop! I will not leave mu child behind. Donki is as close to me a...
"Basutoland, my fatherland." "Bushman's Nek is near Machache, in the mountains. I joined up for woek...
The voice of the singer is strongly affected by the vibrations of the drum and its mirliton. He sing...
"Matholoana, feed us and make us fat. Koali, the foundation of Masupha's kraal. The second chief to ...
"Where does the chief want us to go today? To leave in the evening when it is cold. With a drizzle o...
"Malona was warned of danger but she paid no attention and thus met with an accident." This song fol...
"Go well to Portuguese East Africa (Changani). Tell your relatives to take two knockberries. We shal...
Gebede, gebede is the sound of putting ones things together and the banging together of boxes prepar...
The words are mostly in Bemba with a little Swahili here and there. "About to snap, about to break. ...
A song commonly used by the canoe on the lower Shire river, a large tributary of the Zambezi. It wou...
The soloist rises in pitch throughout the song. "Rolling downs of Molapo. Mokale and Khethisa are qu...
"Goodbye! and stay well until my return." This song appears to be one of the best known in the Nyamw...
"Chameleon! Chameleon! Why are your eyes swollen? There is a funeral at home, you chaps, don't laugh...