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Kwela Kwela

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Mangoane 03:17
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Dime to Dust 04:05
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Giya Mama 04:27
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Masu 05:16
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Izinyana 01:45
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1 MANGOANE (TJM Tutty, Punka Khoza, Stuart Smyth)

Punka Khoza - vocals, backing vocals
TJM Tutty - acoustic guitars
Stuart Smyth - banjo, whistle
Eamonn Doyle - fiddle
John Ryan - keyboards
Mario Ngoma - percussion

County Wicklow. Busa! eya
Ooh Mandoki Mandoki-e Mandoki Mandoki-e

Mangoane mpulele. Ke nela ke pula Eeh.
Mangoane mpulele. Ke nela ke pula Eeh.
Lefatsi lena le nalemoya
Lefatsi lena le nalemoya
Wa mpona ke mo Afrika nna hle ngoaneso ke boyi

Mm ... Thabiso hlokomela ... Hale dipedi
Le ha le di tharo nnka nyala mosadi
Oho ... Moratowa wa pelo yaka ... hlokomela

Kgele! Kgele! Ke dikgomo tsa monna mohulu tsenu
Kere bajwetse hle ntate Punka. Habe tsibe.
Aah letsa letsa mosimanyana letsa
Pempe tsa hau ditsho ha monate

Oho. Mangoane mpulele-e Mandoki

Ke kgale ke emi serameng mona
Ebile ke hopotse haye jwale Maseru
Mm... Aku mmpulele mage Thabiso
Oho ... Mangoane mpulele he ... Mandoki
Mangoane mpulele he ... Mandoki
Mangoane mpulele he ... Mandoki
Mangoane mpulele he ... Mandoki


2 HEAT COME DOWN (TJM Tutty, Punka Khoza)

Punka Khoza - vocals, backing vocals, electric guitar
TJM Tutty - acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Stuart Smyth - mandolin, whistle, backing vocals

When will the clouds lift
When will the darkness shift
To let the sun shine down
For the people who walk on the ground

Man with a mission come this way
Riding on the pale moon light
People with a vision turned inside out
MI5 and the CIA

Heat come down

Heat come down on the strong and bold
Heat come down on the young and old
Heat come down in your bed at night

I've got lessons to learn and thoughts to burn
The East's on fire with the West's desire
Man with a forked tongue speak out loud
Stir up the masses excite the crowds yeah

Heat come down in the desert sand.
Heat come down on the mountain side
Heat come down in Addis Ababa
Heat come down everywhere

Heat come down on your man next door
Heat come down in black and white
Heat come down in your bed at night


3 DIME TO DUST (TJM Tutty, Punka Khoza)

Punka Khoza - vocals, backing vocals
TJM Tutty - acoustic guitars

I walk in the city
And there are people everywhere around
Chasing the fast buck.
A promise to buy you a better future

Now is where we are
There is no other side of the hill
Now is where we are
And all I want to know
Is when the wind blows

To turn the history page
Will the hurricane wings
Come to change your world?
And there is where we'll be
On the other side of the hill.
Yes, there is where we'll be.
Do you want to come along?

Dime to dust Is Mr Dollar gonna stay with you forever
Dime to dust To buy you a better future? EMAZOWE
EHWo 'ngab' amany' amazwe athini?
Wo 'ngab' amany' amazwe athini?

MAN! WE WALK IN A DANGEROUS TIME
HIGH RISE JUNGLE CATCHING FIRE!
DE REVOLUTION CHANGE DE FRAME
YET THE PICTURE ALWAYS STAYS THE SAME.

Heart beat through the night
Still the river flows and I will know
Your heart beats through the night
Still the river flows and I will know
To breathe and turn my head
Catch the sun break through
Yes, it always works that way

Now is where we are
Come and walk

Dime to dust Is Mr Dollar gonna stay with me forever
Dime to dust To buy me a better future?
Dime to dust Is Mr Dollar gonna stay with you forever
Dime to dust To buy you a better future? EMAZOWEH
Dime to dust Is Mr Dollar gonna stay with me forever
Dime to dust To buy me a better future?
Dime to dust Is Mr Dollar gonna stay with you forever
Dime to dust To buy you a better future? EMAZOWE EH

U sekuru wanga .... chenjera upenyu wako mdara
U sekuru wanga .... chenjera upenyu!
Chenjera upenyu wako mdara .....



4 GIYA MAMA (Punka Khoza, TMJ Tutty)

Punka Khoza - electric guitar, vocals, backing vocals
TJM Tutty - acoustic guitars

Kwakukhon' amatshe abehleli lapha
Ayakhuluma ngezandla ne zinyawo
Kwakukhon' amatshe abehleli lapha
Ayakhuluma ngezandla ne zinyawo

SHA

Kwakukhon' amatshe abehleli lapha
Ayakhuluma ngezandla ne zinyawo
Kwakukhon' amatshe abehleli lapha
wO! Ayakhuluma ngezandla ne zinyawo

Sekgabe Ntsharisang
Mntwan' ekhehla ingab' uwabonile yinina?
Sekgabe Ntsharisang
Mntwan' ekhehla! Gula matari he ...

Giya mama. Giya! Ledlozi liyaphila ...
Giya mama. Giya! Ledlozi linamandla ...
Giya mama. Giya! Ledlozi liyaphila ...
Giya mama. Giya! ngezandla ne zinyawo ...

Sekgabe Ntsharisang
Mntwan' ekhehla ingab' uwabonile yinina?
Sekgabe Ntsharisang
Mntwan' ekhehla! Ingab' uwabonile yini nawe lamatshe mama yee?
Sekgabe Ntsharisang
Mntwan' ekhehla! ingab' uwabonile yinina?
Sekgabe Ntsharisang
Mntwan' ekhehla! Gula matari he ...



5 STAVELING'S JIG (traditional - Stuart Smyth, TJM Tutty)

TJM Tutty - acoustic guitars, bass guitar
Stuart Smyth - banjo, whistle
Mario Ngoma - percussion
John Ryan - keyboards


6 AIR OVER AFRICA (TJM Tutty, Punka Khoza, Stuart Smyth)

TJM Tutty - acoustic guitar
Punka Khoza - electric guitar
Stuart Smyth - whistle
John Ryan - keyboards

7 Bo GAN BAINNE (traditional - Punka Khoza, Stuart Smyth, TJM Tutty)

Punka Khoza - vocals, electric guitars, backing vocals, percussion
TJM Tutty - bass guitar, backing vocals, percussion
Stuart Smyth - banjo, backing vocals, percussion


Bing le ding le dung
Bing le ding le dung dung
Cow dung dung

Ba bing ba bing le du-dung
dung dung dung

Hay' akan'amasi, hayl' akana mas'uJamludi
Hayi hayi akan'amasi
Hayi hayi akan'amasi
Hayi hayi akan'amasi

Gatsheni mntanekhela nansi inkinga
Ngiz 'akwenze 'njani

Hayi hayi akan'amasi
Hayi hayi akan'amasi

Yini le nkomo.Yini le nkom' uJamludi
Maye le nkomo.Yini le nkom' uJamludi

Hayi akana mas'uJamludi ngimusenga ngikhathale
Hayi akana mas'uJamludi ngimusenga kushon'ilanga

Moo is a cow. She's been around for so long.
Jamludi is my cow. She is my old cow. Jamludi mama

My children a go hungry
Because abite bo gan bainne
My children a go suffer
Because she is a bo gan bainne

Hayi hayi akan'amasi
Hayi hayi akan'amasi
Hayi hayi akan'amasi

Jatsheni mntanekhela nansi inkinga
Ngiz 'akwenze 'njani


8 MIYELA TSAKANI (BEZ VALLEY JIG) (TJM Tutty, Punka Khoza)

Punka Khoza - drums, electric guitar, percussion, vocals, backing vocals
TJM Tutty - acoustic guitars, bass guitar
Stuart Smyth - whistle
Joe Thoma - fiddle


Miyela Tsakani. Ungarhili.
Waswitiva swaku mhini ngo nikuranza ngomfu sesi

Wabavona lavangani va wena
Vahemba mgomfu manano
Va endla ku hanya amsaveni loyi
Kutika. ooh Swahilo. Manano swatika ehe

Mbilo ya mhi yinga tsoveka
Loku ungafamba moranziwa
Uhlela unitsiko ye. Uhlela unitsika

Aah Wava vona lavangani va wena
Vana jealous ngomfu lovey
Tana hifamba hiya kaya hino
Hivatsika. Ungarhili moranziwa. Ooh moranziwa

Na kombela nakombela ungarhili
Na kombela nakombela ungarhili lovey

Teka! helele teka mwana mano
Ungava hingiseli ....sho!

Aah Wavavona la bafana le Joni
Vata nyunda ngomfu lovey
Vana jealous ngomfu baby
Tana hivatstika hi famba hina
O miyelo. Ungarhili. Ungarhili baby

Tsakani mwana mama
Wasitiva nhikuranza ngomfu ye
Tsakani mwana mama
Wasitiva nhikuranza ranzi
Tsakani mwana mama
Je 'taime beacoup baby



9 MASU (George Tshilumba, Punka Khoza, Mick Sawtell, TJM Tutty)

Punka Khoza - drums, vocals, backing vocals
TJM Tutty - bass guitar, mandolin
Mick Sawtell - electric guitars
Mario Ngoma - percussion
John Ryan - keyboards

Masu... nanzoto mabanzo flore rose
Masu... yakato lingana mama Eeh

Ooh Mama.. kaka bandoto nayo mabanzo
Ebaka Vanessa naleliyo
ooh mama ... nzoto nayo centiment

Mwana yango kitoko

Etikall mpansi nalavi
Mabanzo yakato lingana

Rafikimzuri wangu

Tutty nangai yakato lingana
Mickey Sawttell yakato lingana
Afrika nyoso yakato lingana

ooh mama ...nazose na Ndzambe masu eeh

Amour emverso Corpeperasio na Afrika nyoso
Amour emverso ...
Nakati ya botu Vanessa
Mabeti kalenala likambo
Mama ngai na memi ngambo ye
Mama ngai na memi ngambo ye
Ololo mabanzo ngambo

nazose na Ndzambe
Masu eh masu eeh uwohohoho
Ndzoto bokasi
ndzambe ... maladite



10 IZINYANA (ANCESTORS) (Punka Khoza)

Punka Khoza - imbira

11 WALK THE WATER CHILD (TJM Tutty, Punka Khoza)

Punka Khoza - vocals, backing vocals
TJM Tutty - acoustic guitar, drum programme
Stuart Smyth - banjo, whistle
Mario Ngoma - percussion
Tim Parr - electric guitar, small Spanish guitar

You walk the water child
Life is holding you so fly
Self detention won't be the order of the day for you
The world is old and it will steal your time

Don't be shy

Have you worked it out
Tears you cry are the same as mine
Freedom in the rain that falls
Days are short and change will come
Fragile steps in the promised land
Love is blind don't look behind.

Uyeye uyeye mntakwetu caphela
The sun will shine on your face
You hold the key in your heart.


12 STRANGE WORLD (TJM Tutty, Punka Khoza)

Punka Khoza - electric guitar, vocal, backing vocals
TJM Tutty - acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Stuart Smyth - mandolin, backing vocals

It's a strange world that we all live in

People hiding in the streets
Throwing rocks at their brother
Throwing rocks at you
Everybody want to blame each other
For the situation they find themselves in.

Sisters on the run
And the childrens children too
From the one that's aiming
To drive you outta town
Dangerous youth you carry that loaded gun.

It's a strange world that we all live in
(Watch me run for cover).

In the time that we live in this world
People come and yes they go (Sibabonile)
In the time that we live in this world.

Ita fanela ihlonipana mwana mama

Without love
My heart won't break
Without love
The earth won't shake
Without love
My fire won't burn
Without love
Ningexikoti ku hanya mwana mama
Without love
Where is my destiny
Without love
There is no you or me.

credits

released March 22, 2015

Staveling's Jig recorded and mixed at "The Barn", Annamoe, Co Wicklow, Ireland. Mangoane and Walk on Water recorded at "The Barn", Annamoe, Co Wicklow and additional recording and mixing at "The Works", Dublin, Ireland. Dime to Dust and Giya Mama recorded and mixed at "Shifty Studios", Johannesburg, South Africa. Bez Valley Jig recorded at "Shifty Studios", Johannesburg. Additional recording and mixing at "The Works", Dublin. All other tracks recorded and mixed at "The Works", Dublin.

Recorded and mixed by TJM Tutty, produced by Punka Khoza and TJM Tutty. Additional engineering Oisin Murray and Joe Morrison.

Mastered at Abbey Road, London by Peter Mew.

Graphic design Luke McCormack.
Front cover detail Finian Ferris.
Band photo Kevin Dunne.

This album was conceived and recorded by TJM Tutty, Punka Khoza and Stuart Smyth in County Wicklow and Dublin City, Ireland and Johannesburg, South Africa between 1991 and 1995. It would not have been possible without the help and support of everyone named here and many more... thank you all! Rod Callan, Paul Ashe Browne, Lloyd Ross, Mick O'Gorman, Judy and Rosalie, Rosemarie Tutty, Greg Casey, Paddy McNicholl, Johnny Moynihan, Kevin Dunne, Declan "Barney" Barnes, BP Fallon, Finian Ferris, Donal Lunny, Joe McKeever, Keith Donald, Kevin Strong, Alex Sokolov, Rochelle Paul, Billy Carrol, Robbie Overson, Strangely Strange, John and Wendy Jackson, Katherine and Lazurus, Sally and David, Molly and Sean, Lucy, Andy, Sarah and Leah, Nicky and family, Kirsten, our kids Aoise, Li and Lesedi and their mothers Shona and Norma and everyone who supported and enjoyed the music and all the people who had us to play at their venues without ever having heard us play!

To all people who support and wish for freedom of movement between human beings on this earth. Life and love know no borders.

This album is dedicated to the memory of our friend Punka Khoza, sadly missed.



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