Stimela (The Coal Train)
Hugh Masekela"Stimela (The Coal Train)" es una canción de Hugh Masekela, 2002, Pop. La canción dura 9:38, 69 lines / 346 words.
Letra
0:32There is a train that comes from Namibia and Malawi
0:37There is a train that comes from Zambia and Zimbabwe
0:42There is a train that comes from Angola and Mozambique
0:47From Lesotho from Botswana from Swaziland
0:51From all the hinterland of Southern and Central Africa
0:55This train carries young and old African men
0:58Who are conscripted to come and work on contract
1:01In the golden mineral mines of Johannesburg
1:04And its surrounding metropolis sixteen hours or more a day
1:09For almost no pay
1:11Deep deep deep down in the belly of the earth
1:16When they are digging and drilling that shiny mighty evasive stone
1:21Or when they dish that mish mesh mush food
1:23Into their iron plates with the iron shank
1:29Or when they sit in their stinking funky filthy
1:33Flea-ridden barracks and hostels
1:35They think about the loved ones they may never see again
1:38Because they might have already been forcibly removed
1:41From where they last left them
1:43Or wantonly murdered in the dead of night
1:46By roving marauding gangs of no particular origin
1:50We are told
1:53They think about their lands and their herds
1:56That were taken away from them
1:58With the gun and the bomb and the teargas the gatling and the cannon
2:04And when they hear that Choo-Choo train
2:06A-chugging and a pumping and a smoking and a pushing a pumping a crying and a steaming and a chugging and a whooo whooo
2:18They always cuss and they curse the coal train
2:24The coal train that brought them to Johannesburg Whooo whooo
2:47Trumpet solo
2:54x2
3:05Stimela
3:16Sihamba ngamalahle
3:20Sivel' eTalakubayi
3:37Sangilahla kwaGuqa
3:49Bathi sizoba amalahle
4:08sizoba amalahle
4:37Iyohhh
4:52Sidl inyol' enkomponi
5:16Stimela
5:29Sihleli njengezinja siyelele mame
5:43Emikodini mama
5:49Bathi stimela
5:52Sikhalel' izihlobo zethu
6:03Masibuyele le eTalakubayi
6:12Sikhalel izingane zethu wololo
6:16Masibuyele le eTalakubayi
6:20Sikhalela macheri wethu mama oh
6:28Masibuyele le eTalakubayi
6:42Sikhalel' abazali bethu
7:02Yelele yelele yelele yelele yelele
7:23x3
7:44Stimela
7:52Sihamba ngamalahle
7:57Sivel' eTalakubayi
8:06Helele bathi Stimela mawo
8:11Stimela
8:20Sihamba ngamalahle
8:24Sivel' eTalakubayi
8:47Bathi Stimela mawo
9:00Stimela
9:04Sihamba ngamalahle
9:12Sivel' eTalakubayi
9:14Whooo whooo
9:23x2
9:27Stimela
9:31Sihamba ngamalahle
9:33Sivel' eTalakubayi
9:38Whooo whooo
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 hinterland of Southern and Central Africa This train carries young and old African men Who are conscripted to come and work on contract In the golden mineral mines of Johannesburg And its 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 x2 Stimela Sihamba ngamalahle Sivel' eTalakubayi Sangilahla kwaGuqa Bathi sizoba amalahle sizoba amalahle Iyohhh Sidl inyol' enkomponi Stimela Sihleli njengezinja siyelele mame Emikodini mama Bathi stimela Sikhalel' izihlobo zethu Masibuyele le eTalakubayi Sikhalel izingane zethu wololo Masibuyele le eTalakubayi Sikhalela macheri wethu mama oh Masibuyele le eTalakubayi Sikhalel' abazali bethu Yelele yelele yelele yelele yelele x3 Stimela Sihamba ngamalahle Sivel' eTalakubayi Helele bathi Stimela mawo Stimela Sihamba ngamalahle Sivel' eTalakubayi Bathi Stimela mawo Stimela Sihamba ngamalahle Sivel' eTalakubayi Whooo whooo x2 Stimela Sihamba ngamalahle Sivel' eTalakubayi Whooo whooo
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