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%abc-2.1 %%stretchlast X:1 T:Een Gonyama C:Unknown Z:Webmaster N:Scout chant collected by Baden-Powell in South Africa in 1887 O:Zulu R:Chant H:http://www.guidingworks.com/region/REGAL06/regal06_widegame.html#een M:3/4 L:1/4 Q:1/4=120 K:C P:Leader c3 | A ^G E | A ^G E ||[P:Response] D C A, | w:Een-gon-yam-a gon-yam-a In-voo-boo A E2 | A E2 | D C (A, | A,3) || w:Ya-boh! Ya-boh! In-voo-boo | % W: W:Leader W:Eengonyama gonyama W: W:Response W:Invooboo. Yaboh! Yaboh! Invooboo W: W:Translation: W: W:He is a lion W: W:Yes, he is better than that, he is a hippopotamus
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Song Note
Country of origin:
South Africa
Scout chant collected by Baden-Powell in South Africa in 1887
Folk song references:
Song to be found in the following collection(s):
After The Campfire Song Book