Shosholoza

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Accompanying drum pattern: "Hey, You, How you Doin"
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Text/translation • Language: Zulu & Ndebele

Shosholoza (Move quickly)
Ku lezontaba (across the mountains)
Stimela siphum' eSouth Africa (Train from South Africa)
Wen' uyabaleka (You are running quicky)
Ku lezontaba (across the mountains)
Stimela siphum' eSouth Africa (Train from South Africa)

Spoken Text

Performance of Soprano part only
Performance of Alto part only
Performance of Tenor part only
Performance of Bass part only

Video of all four parts with choreography

A slightly different version as taught by the Drakensberg Boys Choir (South Africa)