The Gold in Africa [Song]

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THE GOLD OF AFRICA
By The Growling Tiger [1935]
Accompanied by Gerald Clark and his Caribbean Serenaders

The gold, the gold,
The gold, the gold
The gold in Africa,
Mussolini want from the Emperor.

Abyssinia appealed to the League for peace
Mussolini actions were like a beast
A villain, a thief, a highway robber
And a shameless dog for a dictator.

He crossed the border and added more
The Emperor had no intentions for war
That man, I call a criminal
The man destroyed churches and hospitals.

He said expansion he really need
He have 45 million heads to feed
Why he don't attack the Japanese,
England, France or hang on on Germany?

The man want to kill King Haile Selassie
To enslave his territory
They began to cry for food and water
In that burning deserts of Africa.

We have diamond, ruby and pearl
Platinum, silver and even gold
I don't know why the man making so much strife
I now believe he want Haile Selassie wife.

If he want gold as a dictator
Try in Demerara
Venezuela or Canada
Austro-Hungary or else in America.

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, Growling Tiger.

"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