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This song is about people hoeing and telling the foreman they are tired and want a break. (source)
Lyrics - Sotho
(Folk song from South Africa)
Manamolela, Manamolela,
Helele re khat’hetsi (repeat)
Ahere khat’hetsi! (repeat)
English Translation - Mediator (Foreman)
O Mediator (Foreman), behold,
We are tired, (repeat)
Alas, we are tired. (repeat)
See also
- Country: South Africa
- Subjects: farming / choral
- Harmony: rounds
- Meter: 2
- Scale: 5 tones
- Tones: drfsl
- Source: Smithsonian
YouTube
- Song with second part (PDF)
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song