Ipi Ntombi - Shosholoza

[seanseanleprechaun]

What was the name of that theatre? I saw it there too. Some where in downtown Jo'berg.... Listening brings back happy memories of the best days of my life. I've been trying to find the track of the song Egoli also from this musical.

[mozzydolfen]

@seanseanleprechaun

It's the Civic theater. My sandpit buddy used to manage the front of house part of the place in the nineties. Great memories for me to.

[Pamlandy2]

Gives me goose bumps also. I was lucky enough to see the original play in Johannesburg in the mid 70's.  What an awesome play, what awesome music! I miss it very much.

[TheJeferson009]

yes



[getreal58]

Gave me goosebumps 

[SongsJerome]

@getreal58 Me Too!

[LUVFAMILIA]

pan africanism forever. follow Sankara and Lumumba and ofcourse Mandela.

[Mrpinkepinke]

Jambo to ya all

[alankwood]

Brilliant !! Saw the show in London in the 70's !! I'll never forget it !!!!

[someshnd15]

i am proud to be a south african. good luck bokke worldcup 2011

[MrKangume]

Zulu kingdom.

[kenedal1]

 Original Written and produced by two white south African Jewish ladies.! Ha Ha.

[scorpionsfan11]

God bless Africa! - I love Africa!

[seanseanleprechaun]

At last.... I saw Ipi Tombi live on stage in Jo'berg back in the 70's ....I wore out my record of Ipi Tombi playing it over and over. Loved this song and 'Egoli' the best. Thanks for posting this!

[adbanor]

lol this man screaming is hilarious

[inventlogic]

Shosholoza Ku lezontaba Stimela siphum' eSouth Africa Wen' uyabaleka Wen' uyabaleka Ku lezontaba Stimela siphum' eSouth Africa Translation Move fast on those mountains train from South Africa. You are running away on those mountains train from South Africa.

[blueneptun1]

simply good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!

[hittfactory]

I found this CD for sale in the CDshop at Johannesburgh International Airport when I was returning home to the UK. My little three year old now knows all the songs by heart and specifically asks for it to be played in the car so that she can sing along on long journeys. As soon as it starts she just beams and sings along as loud as her little voice can! Now that I see the show is available on DVD I'll endeavour to get that for her! She sings in Arabic, Spanish, Xhosa and Zulu too. Hugs. M.x

[Feuerhexi]

... hat vielleicht jemand ne deutsche Übersetzung des Liedes ??

[wolvesman]

saw the stage show in london,went out and got the album(vinyl,no c.d's then)and went on to get them all,what brilliant music

[teewoods]

Does anyone have' The Digger'?

[pello777]

@teewoods Dude I have been looking for the Digger for ages. It was on youtube for a short time but the uploader removed it. If you come across, please, please inform me also. Thanks and God Bless you.

[DeadlyDaem]

i wish the guy from the intro did more then just that little part at the start.. he was AWESOME!

[prettypolly62]

Brilliant, brings back such wonderful memeories of a wonderful country

[Zonkchris]

shoshoshoshoshosholoza...

[Ennybunbun]

I saw the stage show in Las Vegas in the late 70's and it is my favorite ever. I had the tape until it was stolen along with my stereo by some stupid druggie who worked at my office. I miss the music more than the $300 stereo.

[ntee006]

me to was completly overwhelmed by there show in london,was only ten,but now 30 odd years later i'va ''choclat''baby and thinking of moving to AFRICA,1 of thees days

[ndirikamom4]

My parents took my siblings and I to see them live in Lagos Nigeria. 30 years later, it's still fresh in my mind. One of the most awesome performances I have ever seen.

[freshfishize]

Hey!!! I went to see Ipi Ntombi in the 70s with my uncle when they came to Zambia!! Also saw them perform in the UK years later on. Fantastic performance - loved the gum boot dance, sho sholoza, etc, etc!! Ahhh down memory lane I have gone just being reminded of them!! Woner what happened to the group?

[Lyoko4Lyfe]

Where can I get the original singers on CD? All the ones I find are remakes and I want the true original (if they still produce it) We used to have tape but would love to get a digital copy do they sell it on itunes or something? Plz let me know!

[PtaJohn]

@Lyoko4Lyfe Brows for it on the Internet. The shop who has it sound like a South African river. :-))

[danty0306]

@Lyoko4Lyfe I have ordered the original soundtrack on cd via webshop: oneworld co za

[Nardo2192]

AFRICA is the best continent......

[veranique2010]

I LOVE ALL THE MUSIC IN THE ALBUM. I HAVE THE DVD COLLECTION OF IT ALL. BUT I AM LOOKING FOR THE OLDEST COLLECTION

[showyalucard]

All I can suggest is you google in question form for Oldest Collection. you will find it, I promise you.

[00watwat]

It's now the song of motivation from the german soccerteam. They hear it, when they go by bus to the stadium. First time the hotel staff sung it to the team.

[kleinesschweininpink]

:D the first song we have singed today in school ...i love it <3

[Pinne3]

The Part 0:00 - 0:55 is that an other song than the title says?

[omgrhinoffs]

@Pinne3 actually that bit is the chant that the song is based on

[senorita67]

Downloadng the album now from Itunes! Thanks!~

[diciaccio]

GRANDIOSEEEEEEEE

[eeusepi7282]

fantasticooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooooooooo

[cthunda77]

Mumma still pumps this!!!

[Or100asd]

i also went to a concert in 1979 at norwich england and saw this group and to hear it again is amazing

[pasheshooz]

Is the lead vocalist here Dan Moyane???

[TheCrawfdaddy]

fuck this is an awesome song ,it now my ring tone lol and im not even from Africa but how come its cut short

[gallisable]

lol. U should hear the crowd singing it when the Springboks are down and playing a must win game

[cloveravelasquez]

That song was the inspiration for the South African's Rugby Team to win the championship in 1995 in the last minute.

[SH1974]

The Intro is the best version of Shosholoza I've ever heared!

Strong leadvoices and a well balanced chorus. Wooow.

But the rest - sorry - is nothing special for me. Too much "non african" instruments play the melody. The same problem like the version of Helmut Lotti: it sounds not "native african".

[29231969]

fanx so much for upaloading this, ive been looking for this band for ages...

[80sBackindiday]

i rememeber my parents taking us to the National theatre in LAGOS to watch this way back then, .ipi tombia i to bi ya.............. my dad bought the double album as well, i wonder where they all are now........ O SA ...O SA OH!!........

[makhdoom64]

i remeber my parents attending the concert in kano... i grew up listening to this music and im not even african

[CavaliersCall]

Ngithanda kakhulu. Siyabonga umganewami.

[TheVictoriousGirl]

WOW I love this song. It takes my mind back 36 years to Liberia when I first heard CUC choir sing it.♥

[MrChrisAni]

I was 12 when this great band performed in Lagos during Festac. What I remember vividly is the erotic dance of Ipi Tombi dancers and I enjoyed every moment of it. Could someone tell me about another musicians whose name, I think, is Miata Fambula(e). Where is she now?

[strafebiggy]

Honestly, this should be made the official song of the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa.....there's no other like it. Brings back memories of the good old days. My uncle played these songs days on end during a wedding ceremony we attended in Aba, Nigeria. I was only a little boy!

[lukasu55]

@strafebiggy Totally agree - there should of been some of these tracks somewhere in the opening of closing ceremonies - music that makes my heart dance,,,

[barukatube]

@strafebiggy Iagree with you ! I didn't really apreciate that WAKA WAKA song of shakira! Something wasn't right to see her singing with african on the backgroung! Culturaly ,its did not fit.Nothing racial.Just cultural ! Do you image a world cup in brazil where a Chine singer will sing the official song in chinese?

[barukatube]

@strafebiggy i AGREA WITH U ON THAT. "Waka waka of sakira? bull shitt"

[dogg196]

@strafebiggy fuck that wavin flag shit

[palm453]

yep festarc 77,,, i was there life

[gnantin225]

c l hymne de la coupe du monde 2010

c chant me donne trop de frissons

[kooleonie]

My mum and dad took me to see this as a kid in Birmingham in the late 70's. Only now do I understand why!! It brings back such memories.

[poser237]

This is the oiginal sound. I still remember this from festac 77 in Nigeria and my uncle had thedouble album. I knew all the songs on the album. The memories are quite vivid.

[loui0008]

Beautiful!!

[cpg57]

had the pleasure of going underground with the miners who often song this song.

goosebumps

[annatjiejoubert]

Best album - absolutely magnificent voices - Viva Africa

[gatri04]

Yup. Most certainly agree with you Mayfairfarm. I also had the great privilege of seeing the original and there is no doubt this is it. When something is so good it's hard to forget.

[Mayfairfarm]

If I may say so.......this sounds exactly like the original version that I saw in Johannesburg SA in 1975. (I was 13) I will never ever forget this show or the voices in it or the country it came from. This must be the original. We bought the vinyl album and I listened to it about a million times I'd recognize it anywhere! Listening to this show still and always will give me a special feeling that nothing else does. I love it and miss SA even after all these years.

[debolaige]

this is not the original version...

[ItsDoctorK]

Suid-afrika is die Land van die Engele!

[ceecrazy432]

i grew up listening to these songs ! & im only 17 lol . love them !! :]

& i live in new zealand , (a new zealander too) lol

[zenani99]

Nkosi sikeleli Africa!

[TheGreatAfricanGuru]

i saw Ipi Tombi 30 Years ago in Lesotho when i was 12 and i thought they were amazing. and sux sexy ladies.

[1blessingk]

one of those ladies was my mother and she now lives in Toronto, Canada. I used to go and see her all the time. she told me about the Lesotho trip.

[MelissaNZ01]

Hey there ... does ayone have the clip 4 "ipi tombi" wishbone ???? Used to sing it to my little sister when she was a baby :)

[carioca62]

I'm not an African but Afrika is a wondefull place with the greatest people that I have see.

God bless Mother Africa and her childrens

[OneWorldOneDestiny]

No matter what, my heart, my soul, my spirit longs for Africa. God, please, bless Africa - my Africa.

[bablo1]

This is an evergreen classic. Saw the show way back in Lagos; one of the very best I've seen and I have seen a fair share of the best shows.

[alankwood]

Saw the show 40 years ago in London and now here it is ....Fantastic. Well done. Any more tracks ?'' Alan

[oladapo007]

I remember this group at "FesTac 77" In Nigeria...cool

[loachendormi]

Thanks for posting this.

Ipi Tombi are unique.

[ZPencILZ]

could anybody explain to me where this gumboot dancing comes from ? the dutch colonies??? O-o

[AnotherSceptic]

Gumboot dancing was born in the gold mines of South Africa.

[ZPencILZ]

ah thx a lot ;))

[1blessingk]

when the men had to work and dig and they were exhausted and missing home what they did was because some had no radios maybe they used to sing and then for the instruments they used what they had which was their working boots at the time and it sounded good.

[ZPencILZ]

makes sense xD could hav thought of tht earlier ;)) thx ;)

[AZWUN]

Love this song and i absolutely love the preformance my parents tok me to one of their live performnces . . .

Love

Love

Love it!!

[manqhane]

Pina eena e nkgopotsa di 1970's growing -up in South Africa...

[gmlab]

somehwere in 1980 ive seen this musical 3 times and i had contact with the leader of this musical Joe Mugabe(spelled wrong) Anyways. i can tell you im a proud owner of the orginal vinyl soundtrack from 1971. im still playing it. thank you for posting

[winstongroovyfan]

Thank you for this song...Ipi Ntombi - great voices.....I miss SA soooo much!!!!! Take care my fellow africans wherever you are in the world..

[mags214]

Thank you for putting this on youtube. It reminds me of when I was little and my parents played it all the time.

[vertxxgg]

beter sing LOSLAPPIE is more Disko

[seomat1k]

disko disko

[adventureracegirl]

i love the soundtrack to ipi ntombi.. when i was little my mum and i listened to it in the car

[softlux34]

Thx 2 all for the lyrics!

[rexmcgregor]

Shosholoza

Dig dig digging in the street

Hiya hiya ho

Men must work to eat

Shozsholoza

Work work working in the sun

Hiya hiya ho

We all work as one

[rexmcgregor]

Im working in the heat

Im working in the rain

Digging in the sun

Digging up the drain

The time when men are weak

And things do go wrong

If we had a song

Then we will get along

[rexmcgregor]

The time when we feel bad

The time when we feel sad

If we have a song

That cant be all that be bad

The time when we feel lost

The time when we feel not strong

If we have a song

Then things will not be bad

[Simunye1969]

In deutsch:

Herr segne Afrika.

Gepriesen sei dein Ruhm

Erhöre unsere Gebete.

Herr segne uns, deine Familie

Herr beschütze dein Volk,

Beende du Kriege und Zwistigkeiten

Beschütze du Herr dein Volk

Volk von Südafrika - Südafrika

[Simunye1969]

Aus der Bläue unseres Himmels

Aus der Tiefe unserer See

Über unseren ewigen Bergen

Wo die Gipfel Antwort geben Klingt der Ruf der Einigkeit

Und zusammen stehen wir

Lasst uns leben und kämpfen für die Freiheit

In Südafrika unserem Land.

[Simunye1969]

I saw this musical way back in 1977 in Sasolburg. Nevr forget it. Have a tape recording of it. Shame I cannot put it onto YouTube.

Fantastic music and cystumes....

Loved it...

[delixtube]

Shosholoza Ku lezontaba Stimela siphum' eSouth Africa Wen' uyabaleka Wen' uyabaleka Ku lezontaba Stimela siphum' eSouth Africa A rough translation: Move fast on those mountains train from South Africa. You are running away on those mountains train from South Africa.

[softlux34]

Shosholoza

Dig dig diggin in the street,

haya haya ho,men must work to eat

Shosholoza

work work working in the sun,

aya aya ho we al work ..?..

Thats it i cant understand the rest :)

but i feel it!

[Progress303]

@softlux34 aya aya ho we all work as one ;)

[Faergen]

@softlux34 aya aya he we all work as one.

[goodyzn]

@softlux34

aya aya ho we al work as one

[trueblueatiuan]

Thanx 4 the music.

Ive been luking around 4 dis here in Australia Melbourne.Originated from the Cook islands in the South Pacific.I luv this group they rock.

I saw dis wen I was a little gurl.

Can u put sum more of dea music here.

Thanx

[lionessssssss]

I don't know the excact words, only the beginning (the acappela part):

Shosholoza Kule ... Zontaba

Stimela siphume South Africa

Wen'uyabaleka Wen'uyabaleka

Kule ... Zontaba Stimela siphume South Africa

[softlux34]

I know that part,but i need the english part,

but Thanks anyway.