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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Johnny Clegg
Johnny Clegg
Performer
Juluka
Juluka
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Johnny Clegg
Johnny Clegg
Composer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Impi, oh nans' impi iyeza
Ubani bengathint' amabhubesi
Impi, oh nans' impi iyeza
Ubani bengathint' amabhubesi
[Verse 2]
Impi, oh nans' impi iyeza
Ubani bengathint' amabhubesi
Impi, oh nans' impi iyeza
Ubani bengathint' amabhubesi
[Verse 3]
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
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
[Verse 4]
Impi, oh nans' impi iyeza
Ubani bengathint' amabhubesi
Impi, oh nans' impi iyeza
Ubani bengathint' amabhubesi
[Verse 5]
Mud and sweat on polished leather
Warm rain seeping to the bone
They rode through the season's wet weather
Straining for a glimpse of the foe
Hopeless battalion destined to die
Broken by the benders of kings
Vainglorious general, victory and pride
Would cost him and they'd turn the blame, they'd lie
[Verse 6]
Impi, oh nans' impi iyeza
Ubani bengathint' amabhubesi
Impi, oh nans' impi iyeza
Ubani bengathint' amabhubesi
[Verse 7]
They came to the side of the mountain
Scouts rode out to spy the land
Even as the realm's soldiers lay resting
Mageba's forces were soon at hand
And by the evening the vultures were wheeling
Above the ruins where the fallen lay
An ancient song as old as the ashes
Echoed as Mageba's warriors marched away
[Verse 8]
Impi, oh nans' impi iyeza
Ubani bengathint' amabhubesi
Impi, oh nans' impi iyeza
Ubani bengathint' amabhubesi
Impi, oh nans' impi iyeza
Ubani bengathint' amabhubesi
Impi, oh nans' impi iyeza
Ubani bengathint' amabhubesi
[Verse 9]
Impi, oh nans' impi iyeza
Ubani bengathint' amabhubesi
Impi, oh nans' impi iyeza
Ubani bengathint' amabhubesi
Impi, oh nans' impi iyeza
Written by: Johnny Clegg

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