Biografía:
Miriam Makeba fue una cantante negra sudafricana. Nació en Johannesburgo (Sudáfrica) el 4 de marzo de 1932 y falleció en Castel Volturno (Italia) el 10 de noviembre de 2008.
Aunque pasó su infancia en Pretoria (Transvaal), Makeba comenzó a cantar en los años cincuenta con el grupo Manhattan Brothers, tras lo que fundó su propia banda, The Skylarks, que mezclaba jazz con música tradicional sudafricana.
Después de ver que no podía llevar a cabo en su país la carrera musical que ella quería por su activismo comprometido
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¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
(INTRO)
Cm / B? / G / Cm
Cm B? Cm
When the white man first came here from over the seas
Cm B? G
He looked and he said, this is God's own country
Cm B? A?
He was mighty well pleased with this land that he'd found
Cm B? Cm
And he said I will make here my own piece of ground
Now many's the battle he still had to fight
And the many's the family who died in the night
For many were the black men that lived all around
All of them wanting their own piece of ground
Then one fine day in 1883
Gold was discovered in good quantity
Now the country was rich, much richer than planned
And each digger wanted his own piece of land
White diggers were few and the gold was so deep
Black man was called 'cause his labor was cheap
With drill and with shovel he toiled underground
Six pennies a day to tender the ground
Now this land is so rich and it seems strange to me
That the black man whose labor has helped it to be
Cannot enjoy the fruits that abound
Is uprooted and kicked from his own piece of Land
Why some people say now don't you worry
We'll get you a nice piece of reserve territory
But how can a life for so many be found
On a miserable thirty per cent of the ground?
Yet, some people say now don't you worry
You can always find jobs in the white man's city
But don't stay too long and don't stay too deep
Or you're bound to disturb the white man in his sleep
Cm A? Cm
White man don't sleep long and don't sleep too deep
For your life and your possessions, how long will you keep?
For I've heard a rumor that's running around
For That the black man's demanding his own piece of ground
Cm
His own piece of ground
Cm
His own piece of ground......
Cm / B? / G / Cm
Cm B? Cm
When the white man first came here from over the seas
Cm B? G
He looked and he said, this is God's own country
Cm B? A?
He was mighty well pleased with this land that he'd found
Cm B? Cm
And he said I will make here my own piece of ground
Now many's the battle he still had to fight
And the many's the family who died in the night
For many were the black men that lived all around
All of them wanting their own piece of ground
Then one fine day in 1883
Gold was discovered in good quantity
Now the country was rich, much richer than planned
And each digger wanted his own piece of land
White diggers were few and the gold was so deep
Black man was called 'cause his labor was cheap
With drill and with shovel he toiled underground
Six pennies a day to tender the ground
Now this land is so rich and it seems strange to me
That the black man whose labor has helped it to be
Cannot enjoy the fruits that abound
Is uprooted and kicked from his own piece of Land
Why some people say now don't you worry
We'll get you a nice piece of reserve territory
But how can a life for so many be found
On a miserable thirty per cent of the ground?
Yet, some people say now don't you worry
You can always find jobs in the white man's city
But don't stay too long and don't stay too deep
Or you're bound to disturb the white man in his sleep
Cm A? Cm
White man don't sleep long and don't sleep too deep
For your life and your possessions, how long will you keep?
For I've heard a rumor that's running around
For That the black man's demanding his own piece of ground
Cm
His own piece of ground
Cm
His own piece of ground......
Mironas Stratis
Miroslav Donutil
Miroslav Skoro
Mirror Fury
Mirwana
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Miser
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