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Credits

AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN
Karen Zoid
Karen Zoid
Stimme und Gesang
Anna Davel
Anna Davel
Duettgesang
Gloria Bosman
Gloria Bosman
Stimme und Gesang
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Johnny Clegg
Johnny Clegg
Komponist:in
PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK
Carien Laubscher
Carien Laubscher
Produzent:in

Lyrics

[Chorus]
Impi wo 'nans' impi iyeza
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi
Impi wo 'nans' impi iyeza
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi
[Chorus]
Impi wo 'nans' impi iyeza
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi, oh
Impi wo 'nans' impi iyeza
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi
[Verse 1]
All along the river
Chelmsford's army lay asleep
Come to crush the Children of Mageba
Come to exact the Realm's price for peace
[Verse 2]
And in the morning as they saddled up to ride
Their eyes shone with the fire and the steel
The General told them of the task that lay ahead
To bring the People of the Sky to heal
[Chorus]
Impi wo 'nans' impi iyeza
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi
Impi wo 'nans' impi iyeza
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi
[Verse 3]
Mud and sweat on polished leather
Warm rain seeping to the bone
They rode through the season's wet weather
Tryna catch a glimpse of the foe
[Verse 4]
Hopeless battalion destined to die
Broken by the Benders of Kings
Vainglorious General Victorian pride
Would cost him and eight hundred men their lives
[Chorus]
Impi wo 'nans' impi iyeza
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi
Impi wo 'nans' impi iyeza
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi
[Verse 5]
They came by the side of the river
Scouts rode out to spy the land
Even though Realm's soldiers lay resting
Mageba's forces were soon at hand
[Verse 6]
And by the evening the vultures were wheeling
Above the ruins where they lay
An ancient song as old as the ashes
Oh it echoes Mageba's warriors as the marched
[Chorus]
Impi wo 'nans' impi iyeza
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi
Impi wo 'nans' impi iyeza
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi
[Chorus]
Impi wo 'nans' impi iyeza
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi
Impi wo 'nans' impi iyeza
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi
[Chorus]
Impi wo 'nans' impi iyeza
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi
Impi wo 'nans' impi iyeza
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi
Impi wo 'nans' impi iyeza
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi
Written by: Johnny Clegg

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