Acapella: Tshotsholosa (Cho Cho Losa) (Including lyrics)

This is a song I first heard sung by the Ian Campbell Folk Group back in the 1960s and even though I did not understand the lyrics, the sound and harmonies they produced were great. It is now better known as the song the South African football team sang coming out of the tunnel on the inaugural match of this years World Cup.
According to the source I found on the internet, the song is attributed to:

(Todd Matshikiza 1959)

In English it translates as: "Steam away, steam away over the hills, you train from Rhodesia.
You are fast-moving through hills, steam away, you train from Rhodesia.''

With my limited equipment I am only able to record over myself the once, so cannot produce the wonderful harmonies that a large number of singers can, but I have tried my poor best.

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• 2010

[aflksjgal]

Canción hermosa, he estado buscandola hace rato no daba con el nombre, gracias es muy hermosa y escuchando la historia... dice que la cantaban los sudafricanos cuando venian de trabajar de las minas, es una canción alegre y de esperanza, gente linda la de Sudafrica.

[threelegsoman]

@aflksjgal Thank you for your message which my translator reads as follows:

Song beautiful, I've been buscandola makes time did not give the name, thank you is very beautiful and listening history... says sang it Africans when came to work the mines, is a cheerful song of hope, beautiful people of South Africa.

[hotdogqe]

Ahh so u heard of this song to eh?

I did that in a male honor choir

if u put Cho Cha Losa and another song together

theres a song called South africa Sweet and it comes from those two songs