Lyrics Impi - Johnny Clegg & Juluka
Impi!
wo
'nans'
impi
iyeza
(Here
comes
the
army)
Obani
bengathinta
amabhubesi?
(Who
can
touch
the
lions?)
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
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
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
(Written
by
Johnny
Clegg)
1 Scatterlings of Africa
2 Great Heart
3 Asimbonanga (Mandela)
4 Cruel Crazy Beautiful World
5 December African Rain
6 Third World Child
7 African Sky Blue
8 The Crossing (Osiyeza)
9 Impi
10 Heart Of The Dancer
11 Kilimanjaro
12 Universal Men
13 Africa
14 Deliwe
15 Bullets for Bafazane
16 Crocodile Love
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