Mix-up Matrimony [Song]


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MIX-UP MATRIMONY
By Lord Beginner

With racial segregation, I can see universally, fading gradually
With racial segregation, I can see universally, fading gradually
Mix marriage is the fashion and the world is saying so
Lovers choosing partners of every kind they know
This is freedom from above, so what they thinking of
Is to grab the one that they love.

The organs are always playing and the parsons are saying,
"Incorporate and amalgamate."
Marriages are fixing and the races are mixing
"Incorporate and amalgamate."

Long ago it was so difficult to see two different race in matrimony
A Chinee man never used to change his life
Until he get a Chinee girl for his wife
Now, any colour is a colour, any race is a race
Life is short so they mean to embrace
This is real equality, human rights, as I see, with this mix-up matrimony.

The organs are always playing and the preachers are saying,
"Incorporate and amalgamate."
Be holding together before it's too late
"Incorporate and amalgamate."

Racial segregation gone to hell, the happenings nowadays can tell
Mix marriage seems to have a stronger tie than the pure one
For I don't know why
The races are blending harmoniously
White and coloured people are binding neutrally
It doesn't take no glass to see how it come to pass
Coloured Britons are rising fast.

The organs are always playing and the preachers are saying,
"Incorporate and amalgamate."
Though some are seeing well and others catching hell
"Incorporate and amalgamate."

The great part that Seretse Khama played,
We appreciate the move that he made
The Bamangwato tribe he always thinking of
He lost his throne for the girl he love
For he knew that a good wife today is hard to find
So he find one, so he had to treat her kind
So if you are in your prime, run to the preacher anytime
For who you love, it is not a crime.

The organs are always playing and the preachers are saying,
"Incorporate and amalgamate."
Marriages are fixing and the races are mixing
"Incorporate and amalgamate."

Source: The lyrics posted on this blog are often transcribed directly from performances. Although it is my intention to faithfully transcribe I do not get all the words and I have a knack for hearing the wrong thing. Please feel free to correct me or to fill in the words that I miss by dropping me a message via e-mail. I'd be forever grateful. Thanks in advance! ..............................................................................................................................


A Note From The Gull

Thank you, Lord Beginner.

"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.

Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.

Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare

5 comments:

Chambam said...

I think I may have your missing song lyrics! My guess it that Lord Beginner is saying 'the great part that Seretse Khama played we appreciate.../The Bamangwato tribe ...

This refers to the marriage between the future leader of the Bamangwato tribe of modern-day Botswana, Seretse Khama, who was forced into exile in England by the British and South African/Southern Rhodesian governments because he had married a white British woman, Ruth Williams and, during the time of apartheid, the white ruling elite did not want to see a mixed race couple in such a prominent political position in Africa. There was much sympathy for the two from the British public and eventually Seretese managed to take up his rightful position, eventually overseeing the country's independence and becoming the first President of Botswana.

Guanaguanare said...

Wooo-hooo!!! Thank you so much, Chambam! Your kind intervention completed the lyrics for this song and introduced me, and all who were similarly clueless, to an interesting piece of history. I was inspired to read further on the topic at Wikipedia. You have certainly enriched my experience of this song and your generousity is much appreciated!
Blessings
Guanaguanare

Chambam said...

You are more than welcome! Thank you also for your very interesting and informative site!

Blair Sadewitz said...

This is perhaps the most compelling anti-racist manifesto I have ever heard, as it targets the very core of the issue.

"This is real equality, human rights, as I see, with this mix-up matrimony."

I know of no other single sentence which so poetically expresses so much truth regarding this issue. This is truly high art.

Guanaguanare said...

Thank you, Blair Sadewitz, for your comment. If you haven't yet, do listen to Human Race by Lord Pretender. I think these two songs complement each other.
Blessings,
Guanaguanare