Hugh Masekela — Stimela (Coal Train)
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Stimela (Coal Train) Hugh Masekela05:26
Текст песни: Stimela (Coal Train)
[Intro] There is a train that comes from Namibia and Malawi There is a train that comes from Zambia and Zimbabwe There is a train that comes from Angola and Mozambique From Lesotho, from Botswana, from Swaziland From all the hinterlands of Southern and Central Africa This train carries young and old, African men Who are conscripted to come and work on contract In the gold and mineral mines of Johannesburg And it's surrounding metropolis, sixteen hours or more a day For almost no pay Deep, deep, deep down in the belly of the earth When they are digging and drilling that shiny mighty evasive stone Or when they dish that mish mesh mush food Into their iron plates with the iron shank Or when they sit in their stinking, funky, filthy Flea-ridden barracks and hostels They think about the loved ones they may never see again Because they might have already been forcibly removed From where they last left them Or wantonly murdered in the dead of night By roving, marauding gangs of no particular origin We are told They think about their lands, and their herds That were taken away from them With the gun, and the bomb, and the teargas, the gatling and the cannon And when they hear that Choo-Choo train A-chugging, and a pumping, and a smoking, and a pushing A pumping, a crying and a steaming and a chugging and A whooo whooo! They always cuss, and they curse the coal train The coal train that brought them to Johannesburg Whooo whooo! [Trumpet solo] [Chorus] Stimela sihamba ngamalahle Sivel’ eDalagubhayi Sangilahla kwaGuqa Bathi sizomba amalahle (Sizomba amalahle) Stimela sihamba ngamalahle Sivel' eDalagubhayi Sangilahla kwaGuqa Bathi sizomba amalahle (Sizomba amalahle) [Verse] Iyohhh... Sind' inyul’ enkomponi Ngath' uyabhayiza wena bathi (Stimela!) Sihleli njengezinja, siyelele mame Emigodini mama (Bathi stimela) Sikhalel' izihlobo zethu (Masibuyeleni! eDalagubhayi) Sikhalel' izingane zethu wololo! (Masibuyeleni! eDalagubhayi) Sikhalela macheri wethu, mama oh! (Masibuyeleni! eDalagubhayi) Sikhalel' abazali bethu! Yelele yelele yelele yelele yelele [Chorus] Stimela Sihamba ngamalahle Sivel' eDalagubhayi Stimela Sihamba ngamalahle Sivel' eDalagubhayi Stimela Sihamba ngamalahle Sivel' eDalagubhayi [Bridge] Helele bathi Stimela ma wo! Stimela Sihamba ngamalahle Sivel’ eDalagubhayi Bathi, Stimela ma wo! Stimela! Sihamba ngamalahle Sivel’ eDalagubhayi Whooo whooo! [Chorus] Stimela Sihamba ngamalahle Sivel' eDalagubhayi Stimela Sihamba ngamalahle Sivel’ eDalagubhayi Whooo whooo!
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