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isiXhosa lyrics
Vumani ingoma emandi
Nijonga amazwi amnandi
Vuma, vumani nonke
Nindikhumbuz’ ubawo, nindikhumbuz’
umama
Vuma, vumani nonke

Zithi intombi ezintle
Zijonga amazwe amhlophe
Zitsho, zitsho kamandi

Vula, vula, vulani nive’ ingoma emnandi
Vuma vumani nonke

Spoken ad lib in isiXhosa & isiZulu
Vumani ingoma emnandi bafana
Nitsho nengoma emnandi
Ningalibali uphuzu
Nenhliziyo, ingoma emnandi, yobumnotho
Yonke lento
Nikhumbule ekhaya la niphuma khona
Ebunzimeni, nasebumnandini
Yeeeh
Sengiyandlula ke mina manje

English translation
Sing a sweet song
Look at the beautiful words
Accept, and agree everyone
You remind me of my father, you remind me
of my mother
Accept, and agree everyone

The beautiful girls say,
That they look at the white nations and say
that they are good

Open, open, and listen to the “sweet song”
Accept, and agree everyone

Spoken ad lib translation
Accept the good song boys
Resonate with the sweet song
Do not forget the point
With heart, a sweet, humorous song
All this
Remember your home, where you come from
In difficulty and in good times
Yeeeh
I’m passing by now

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from Echoes of Sophiatown, released March 23, 2019
Composed by Jim Shepard & Red Foley
Originally performed by The Manhattan Brothers
Transcribed by Duncan Johnson

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The Pebble Shakers Cape Town, South Africa

The Pebble Shakers is a Cape Town-based group of jazz musicians specialising in swing-era tunes. To celebrate the history of swing in South Africa, the band also plays a selection of swinging South African tunes that haven't been played live in over 70 years, through the Echoes of Sophiatown music revival project. ... more

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