(Tune – “Don't Fence Me In”, 3 verses)
1. Oh take me back, take me back to the coun-try that I love
OH, AF-RI-Ca,
To the plains and the peo-ple, to the moun-tains up a-bove
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R.- V.- A.’s where our Dan first had fe-male it-ches
Malin-di is the place where Dave lost his brit-ches
Car-lyn, Mar-lyn, Bet-sy, Gin-ny all have roots in
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2. Oh take me back, take me back to Ki-ja-be on the Rift
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R.-V.-A. boys were “swift”, and the Mau-Mau made us shift
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It was there Mom was BIG, with three bay-be-es
Timedthem to the bloom-ing Ja-ca-ran-da tre-es
I would swap the best there is in big New York for
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3. Take me back, take me back to Mon-du-li in Maa-sai
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Where Ra-jab and Gas-par made the best of cake and pie
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With sa-fa-ris to pla-ces like Lo-li-on-do
Nai-no-ka-no-ka, yes, and Ngo-ro-ngo-ro
Si-mon-sons, Ar-u-sha school and U-hu-ru in
OH, AF-RI-CA