Johnny Clegg & Juluka - Impi (Key: OR Amaj)

Title: Impi
Format: MP3 Backing Track - Instrumental - Karaoke
Created in the style of: Johnny Clegg & Juluka
Genre: South African; World Music; Afropop; Pop & Pop Rock
Language: English; African
Era: 1980s
Key: OR Amaj
Backing vocals: No
More info: Johnny Clegg (born 7 June 1953) is a musician from South Africa, who has recorded and performed with his bands Juluka and Savuka. Sometimes called Le Zoulou Blanc ("The White Zulu"), he is an important figure in South African popular music history, with songs that mix Zulu with English lyrics, and African with various Western European music styles. This song is often associated with international sports events, in particular rugby.
Lyrics: Yes
 
Chorus:
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?

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 heel

Chorus:
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?

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 and Victorian pride
Would cost him and eight hundred men their lives

Chorus:
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?

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 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

Chorus:
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
 
Composer: JOHNNY CLEGG (RHYTHM SAFARI)