Lyrics
when the white man first came here from over the sea
Fourpence a day for ten tons of ground, so northwards he trekked and northwards he rode
that the black man whose labour has helped it to be
By little men who painted on the rock face by day, he was mighty well pleased with this land that he d found Piece, and all of them wanting their own piece of ground
We ve kept you a nice piece of reserve territory, but how can a life for so many be found
But don t stay too long and don t stay too deep, many s the family that died in the night
That the black man was called cos his labour was cheap, so northwards he trekked and northwards he rode
Or you re bound to disturb the white man in his sleep, on a miserable thirteen per cent of the ground of, when the white man first came here from over the sea
We ve kept you a nice piece of reserve territory, on a miserable thirteen per cent of the ground of, you can always find jobs in the white man s city
and left them to rot on their own piece of ground
For many were the black men that lived all around, is uprooted and kicked from his own piece of ground, now the diggers were few and the gold was so deep
is uprooted and kicked from his own piece of ground
That the black man whose labour has helped it to be, for many were the black men that lived all around, that the black man was called cos his labour was cheap
Gold was discovered in good quantity, and left them to rot on their own piece of ground, that the black man s demanding his own piece of ground
Cannot enjoy the fruits that abound, many s the family that died in the night Piece, many s the battle he still had to fight
Now the land was inhabited so i ve heard say, or you re bound to disturb the white man in his sleep, over veld and tough countryside onwards he strode
Fourpence a day for ten tons of ground, many s the family that died in the night, on a miserable thirteen per cent of the ground
He looked and he said this is god s own country, is uprooted and kicked from his own piece of ground Ground, on a miserable thirteen per cent of the ground
and all of them wanting their own piece of ground
is uprooted and kicked from his own piece of ground
Over veld and tough countryside onwards he strode, in the free state and the transvaal his oxen outspanned
And he planted the seed in his own piece of land, for i ve heard a rumour that s running around
In the free state and the transvaal his oxen outspanned, over veld and tough countryside onwards he strode
When the white man first came here from over the sea, by little men who painted on the rock face by day
or your life and your possessions how long will you keep
and left them to rot on their own piece of ground
white man don t sleep long and don t sleep too deep
But how can a life for so many be found, white man don t sleep long and don t sleep too deep
gold was discovered in good quantity
Fourpence a day for ten tons of ground, but how can a life for so many be found