Biography:
Juluka was a South African music band formed in 1969 by Johnny Clegg and Sipho Mchunu. Juluka means "sweat", and was the name of a bull owned by Mchunu.
A full bio can be found on Wikipedia.
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Other songs:
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Verse 1:
C G Am
I was the only one who witnessed my homecoming
G-F G F G C
So I asked myself: Brother Joseph, how've you been?
C G Am
Then I met an old man who knew me as a boy
G-F G F G C
(I) said, Father, where've the people, where've the homesteads gone?
F G Am
And he said, Son, I'll be old until I die now
F G F G C
And then I will join our people in the sky
F G Am
I am not the one to ask the reasons why
G-F G F G C
Your brothers and your sisters have been scattered in the wind
Chorus:
C
And he said old eyes (mehlomadala)
Am
You've got old eyes, boy (mehlomadala)
F G C
You've seen much too much for one so young
G-C
He said old eyes (mehlomadala)
Am
You've got old eyes, boy (mehlomadala)
Dm F Am-G
Child, from whence have you come?
Verse 2:
C G F C
When I left that mountain land so gold and green
Am G F G C
I was a sturdy sixteen years
C G F C
Work was hard and the wage was low
Am G F C
And the seasons passed me by one by one
F G Am
And I dreamed, Maria, you would wait for my return
F G F G C
We'd build a home upon the rock, beneath the smiling sun
F G Am
But as the old man used to say when I was young
F G F G C
People come and people go, but the mountain still remains
Zulu chorus:
C Am
And he said mehlomadala, mehlomadala
F G C
Ang(i)sakwaz(i) wemganam(i)
G-C Am
He said mehlomadala, mehlomadala
Dm F Am-G
(U)qhamkaphi wena wemganam(i)
(instrumental break...)
Repeat English chorus...
Repeat Zulu chorus...
End.
Meaning of Zulu words:
mehlomadala : old eyes (mehlo = eyes, madala = old)
ang(i)sakwaz(i) : I don't know you anymore (i.e. it's been a long time since I saw you)
wemganam(i) : my friend (wemngani = friend, wami = my)
uqhamkaphi wena : where are you coming from i.e. where have you been (uqhamuka =
you coming, kuphi = where, wena = you)
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(thanks to Cameron for his musical ear and Thembinkosi for the Zulu words!)
Website for Johnny Clegg, one of the Juluka founder members, is www.johnnyclegg.com
C G Am
I was the only one who witnessed my homecoming
G-F G F G C
So I asked myself: Brother Joseph, how've you been?
C G Am
Then I met an old man who knew me as a boy
G-F G F G C
(I) said, Father, where've the people, where've the homesteads gone?
F G Am
And he said, Son, I'll be old until I die now
F G F G C
And then I will join our people in the sky
F G Am
I am not the one to ask the reasons why
G-F G F G C
Your brothers and your sisters have been scattered in the wind
Chorus:
C
And he said old eyes (mehlomadala)
Am
You've got old eyes, boy (mehlomadala)
F G C
You've seen much too much for one so young
G-C
He said old eyes (mehlomadala)
Am
You've got old eyes, boy (mehlomadala)
Dm F Am-G
Child, from whence have you come?
Verse 2:
C G F C
When I left that mountain land so gold and green
Am G F G C
I was a sturdy sixteen years
C G F C
Work was hard and the wage was low
Am G F C
And the seasons passed me by one by one
F G Am
And I dreamed, Maria, you would wait for my return
F G F G C
We'd build a home upon the rock, beneath the smiling sun
F G Am
But as the old man used to say when I was young
F G F G C
People come and people go, but the mountain still remains
Zulu chorus:
C Am
And he said mehlomadala, mehlomadala
F G C
Ang(i)sakwaz(i) wemganam(i)
G-C Am
He said mehlomadala, mehlomadala
Dm F Am-G
(U)qhamkaphi wena wemganam(i)
(instrumental break...)
Repeat English chorus...
Repeat Zulu chorus...
End.
Meaning of Zulu words:
mehlomadala : old eyes (mehlo = eyes, madala = old)
ang(i)sakwaz(i) : I don't know you anymore (i.e. it's been a long time since I saw you)
wemganam(i) : my friend (wemngani = friend, wami = my)
uqhamkaphi wena : where are you coming from i.e. where have you been (uqhamuka =
you coming, kuphi = where, wena = you)
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(thanks to Cameron for his musical ear and Thembinkosi for the Zulu words!)
Website for Johnny Clegg, one of the Juluka founder members, is www.johnnyclegg.com
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