Lobola

Chorus and Solos (2 soloists sing ‘lobola’)
               Lobola, for our daughter, lobola, get a good price
               Lobola, at betrothal, lobola, very good price

Solo        Lobola.   We have got to take our chance

Chorus    Need the lobola
               We need lobola for our gentle daughter who is as precious as water

Solo        Lobola.   When our daughter has such a fine romance

Chorus    Precious as water.  Her romance

Solo        She is very precious to us

Chorus    Lobola, lobola, lobola please

Solo        He must pay to have her.  There is no-one to replace her when 
               she leaves home

Chorus    Need the lobola.  We need her

Chorus and Solos (2 soloists sing ‘lobola’)
               Lobola, for our daughter, lobola, get a good price
               Lobola, at betrothal, lobola, very good price

Solo with wordless chorus accompaniment
               Perhaps we will try to get a goat
               Or a donkey and a cart
               That will help with the ploughing
               Or maybe he’s richer than we thought
               Perhaps he is very smart
               And then we’ll get a cow!

Chorus     Get a cow!  Get a cow!  Get a cow!   O!!!!!

Solo        Every morning we’ll check in the compound to make sure it is there
               Think how rich we’ll be!
               Neighbours will pass on the word of our fortune and then stand and stare
               Thinking 'I wish that it was me!'

Chorus and Solos (2 soloists sing ‘lobola’)
                Lobola, for our daughter, lobola, get a good price
                Lobola, at betrothal, lobola, very good price

Solo         Lobola   We ask too much he’ll insist

Chorus     Need the lobola to feed us.  Our only daughter precious as water

Solo         Lobola   But it’s clear he knows that we will persist

Chorus     Need the lobola

Solo         For she is very precious to us

Chorus     She is skillful

                Lobola, lobola, lobola

Solo         He must pay to have her.  There is no-one to replace her when she leaves home

Chorus     A good bride price, good bride price, good bride price

Chorus and Solos (2 soloists sing ‘lobola’)

                 Lobola, for our daughter, lobola, get a good price
                 Lobola, at betrothal, lobola, very good price
                                 very good price, very good price, good price

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