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Johnny Clegg & Savuka

Savuka, occasionally referred to as Johnny Clegg & Savuka, was a multi-racial South African band formed in 1986 by Johnny Clegg after the disbanding of Juluka. Savuka's music blended traditional Zulu musical influences with Celtic music and rock music that had a cross-racial appeal in South Africa. Their lyrics were often bilingual in English and Zulu and they wrote several politically charged songs, particularly related to apartheid. Some better-known Savuka songs include "Asimbonanga", and "Third World Child", from their 1987 album Third World Child. Band percussionist Dudu Zulu was killed in 1992; their song "The Crossing" was a tribute to him. more »

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You are a dreamer of dreams walking a lonely shore
Dream if you will but remember there are iron laws
However much you seek to solve this mystery
No one ignores the iron vice of history
All those gone before dreamed to escape
They tried to fly over the palisades

Standing at the gates
Oh this is Jericho
And the walls reach up to the stars
And outside we were singing psalms
Such a strange, strange place
We are the prisoners
Of the prisoners we have taken

Sing me the songs of a world that I once knew
Recall the legends once so proud and true
My people used to live here not so long ago
But they fled into the night and I was left alone
I guard these walls for you and me
Dream on, sail on my memory

Standing at the gates
Oh this is Jericho
And the walls reaching up to the stars
And outside we were singing psalms
Such a strange, strange place
We are the prisoners
Of the prisoners we have taken

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Standing at the gates
Oh this is Jericho
And the walls reach up to the stars
And outside we were singing psalms
Such a strange place
We were the prisoners
Of the prisoners we have taken
Dreams of the prophets now forsaken

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