Add to ORKGThere was once a husband and wife and the and the man went out to drink beer and come back late at night. He left his young child at home, sleeping in bed. Now a wife with a very young child must not ne touched. But when he came back he started to touch her until the child woke up. So in the morning the wife went and told her friends about the shocking behaviour of her husband. Then they all came over to her home, stood outside and sang this song, mocking the husband for forgetting his good manners. "Natikhorowa n'ndiwo Yai yai yai, lelo, Yai lero ai mwanileka ndikale, Mwana akadagona, tsopano wanka ndipu m kuti taleka, Yai lero Yai lero ai." "Sweet potatoe leaves! Forbidden fruit at some of the time. You left me a long time a ago when the ...
The old woman to whom the hut belonged, in which this story was recorded, was smoking her hubble-hub...
The singer presents an imaginary conversation between himself and his wife. He began to break into C...
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There was a man who had a wife and he killed a certain woman who had a child and so his wife adopted...
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"In the morning, I'll say one thing, at noon another, for my husband is throwing me out of the house...
Nostaligic song about a husband not wanting to eat because his wife is at Matadi accompanied by mbir...
An interesting melody. There was once a man who said to his wife Liti late one night: "Liti, let me ...
The burden of the song is that there is trouble between the singer and his wife caused by the wife's...
There was once a man who used to work very hard from sunrise till sunset out in his fields. His wife...
Nostaligic song about a husband not wanting to eat because his wife is at Matadi accompanied by mbir...
The deserted wife; sung in good mood by the women when the men are drinking. Party song for young pe...
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"My husband, we quarrel everyday, so much so that people are talking about us." A morality song teac...
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The old woman to whom the hut belonged, in which this story was recorded, was smoking her hubble-hub...
The singer presents an imaginary conversation between himself and his wife. He began to break into C...
"I always knew our marriage would not last, because even before we married you doubted me-Now, pleas...
There was a man who had a wife and he killed a certain woman who had a child and so his wife adopted...
This song refers to the custom of young people's sex play which normally results in marriage. Lita w...
"In the morning, I'll say one thing, at noon another, for my husband is throwing me out of the house...
Nostaligic song about a husband not wanting to eat because his wife is at Matadi accompanied by mbir...
An interesting melody. There was once a man who said to his wife Liti late one night: "Liti, let me ...
The burden of the song is that there is trouble between the singer and his wife caused by the wife's...
There was once a man who used to work very hard from sunrise till sunset out in his fields. His wife...
Nostaligic song about a husband not wanting to eat because his wife is at Matadi accompanied by mbir...
The deserted wife; sung in good mood by the women when the men are drinking. Party song for young pe...
There is a Chewa custom that when a girl is old enough she is taught how to become a good wife and m...
"My husband, we quarrel everyday, so much so that people are talking about us." A morality song teac...
"This is why you are divorced, mama, it is because you go out and greet others familiarly, such as '...
The old woman to whom the hut belonged, in which this story was recorded, was smoking her hubble-hub...
The singer presents an imaginary conversation between himself and his wife. He began to break into C...
"I always knew our marriage would not last, because even before we married you doubted me-Now, pleas...