"We intombi yazi khetela kwa mganami kwa sho umuntu. A ibanjwa ngamandla we mganami wam' kuyazithethelwa maa. U hamba kwa mtombeni a ngi valelisi we ma." "A girl choses for herself, friend, they say. She is not to be forced. You must speak for yourself. If I leave Mtombeni's house I do not say goodbye." Topical song with concertina
"Aunt, stretch out the blanket. There are two of us. Stretch out the blanket, I will be coming, I am...
"Let us sing lest we forget, we have deserted our country. Let us all remember. Let us sing lest we ...
"I am tired of pounding for a lizard who is too tired to go to Johannesburg to work. Get out of that...
"When my wife left me she did not ever say goodbye to my father and mother. She was just like her mo...
"Goodbye! and stay well until my return." This song appears to be one of the best known in the Nyamw...
It is supposed to be a girl singing. Muhiana is the name of the girls' lover. Tuning of the instrume...
The song continues, "My kness are shaking because my girl has left me." The 'MBUBE' type of singing ...
The words are mostly in Bemba with a little Swahili here and there. "About to snap, about to break. ...
The singer goes on: "You go to workin towns, but when you return home, you failto pay your bride pri...
A phrase in this song refers to the custom of reserving a portion of an animal, the heart or chops f...
"Even if you divorce me and leave me alone, I will still be able to look after myself." Women songs,...
This folk song is a message to a girl who wants to marry outside her village from her lover, sung by...
"Mary let us go to wash ourselves at the river. On earth we live but to die. Mary join in the singin...
"Goodbye for now, I will be back soon." Several songs under this title "Kwaheri naja", are to be fou...
This is an attractive little song accompanied by a very old and wheezy concertina most of whose orig...
"Aunt, stretch out the blanket. There are two of us. Stretch out the blanket, I will be coming, I am...
"Let us sing lest we forget, we have deserted our country. Let us all remember. Let us sing lest we ...
"I am tired of pounding for a lizard who is too tired to go to Johannesburg to work. Get out of that...
"When my wife left me she did not ever say goodbye to my father and mother. She was just like her mo...
"Goodbye! and stay well until my return." This song appears to be one of the best known in the Nyamw...
It is supposed to be a girl singing. Muhiana is the name of the girls' lover. Tuning of the instrume...
The song continues, "My kness are shaking because my girl has left me." The 'MBUBE' type of singing ...
The words are mostly in Bemba with a little Swahili here and there. "About to snap, about to break. ...
The singer goes on: "You go to workin towns, but when you return home, you failto pay your bride pri...
A phrase in this song refers to the custom of reserving a portion of an animal, the heart or chops f...
"Even if you divorce me and leave me alone, I will still be able to look after myself." Women songs,...
This folk song is a message to a girl who wants to marry outside her village from her lover, sung by...
"Mary let us go to wash ourselves at the river. On earth we live but to die. Mary join in the singin...
"Goodbye for now, I will be back soon." Several songs under this title "Kwaheri naja", are to be fou...
This is an attractive little song accompanied by a very old and wheezy concertina most of whose orig...
"Aunt, stretch out the blanket. There are two of us. Stretch out the blanket, I will be coming, I am...
"Let us sing lest we forget, we have deserted our country. Let us all remember. Let us sing lest we ...
"I am tired of pounding for a lizard who is too tired to go to Johannesburg to work. Get out of that...