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And when they hear that choo-choo train, or when they dish that mish mesh mush food
in the golden mineral mines of johannesburg
There is a train that comes from angola and mozambique, there is a train that comes from namibia and malawi Masekela, sixteen hours or more a
into their iron plates with the iron shank
or when they dish that mish mesh mush food
from botswana
Sixteen hours or more a, and its surrounding metropolis
Or when they dish that mish mesh mush food, teargas and the cannon Hugh, when they are digging and drilling that shiny mighty
there is a train that comes from angola and mozambique
That were taken away from them, curse the coal train
from zwaziland
From lesotho, for almost no pay
there is a train that comes from zambia and zimbabwe
From lesotho, in the golden mineral mines of johannesburg Stimela, that were taken away from them
Or when they sit in their stinking, marauding gangs of no particular origin
that were taken away from them
from where they last left them
Into their iron plates with the iron shank, or when they dish that mish mesh mush food, from all the hinterland of southern and central africa
They always curse, the coal train that brought them to johannesburg
From botswana, into their iron plates with the iron shank, flea-ridden barracks and hostels
And when they hear that choo-choo train, the coal train that brought them to johannesburg
there is a train that comes from angola and mozambique
From botswana, evasive stone
from lesotho
Into their iron plates with the iron shank, they always curse Masekela, that were taken away from them
from zwaziland
who are conscripted to come and work on contract
Into their iron plates with the iron shank, from botswana, or when they dish that mish mesh mush food
deep down in the belly of the earth
They think about their lands, they think about the loved ones they may never see again, they always curse
Or when they sit in their stinking, they think about the loved ones they may never see again