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EBV. FATHER FRANZ MAYR. 



O.C. 



ye^we. Sihu.v,^inkos,i e^&u- kufe>,,Ml&-se. l^ie.. 



Chief Mveli's song — ihubo lenkosi. Xote the transition 

 from one key to another without the least warning. Absence- 

 of modulation is very marked, and this is the main reason 

 why native songs sound so barbarous, strange, and harsh to 

 our ears. 

 7. Badabula kwa Hlongwa, They went through the Hlongwa 



Yi-ya yi-yo ye maye, Alas, alas ! [district, 



Badabula ezizwenl, They went through many tribes, 



Yi-ya yi-yo, ye maye. Alas, alas ! 



— ^ V > V ¥ V ^ ^ \ \ \ \ ^ ^ - ^ bd 7 4-f- 

 B&d&.buie>. e^i;iweni, Yiye^y i yo^ ye m.-b.ye ^ ye 



H 1 o n g w a was the name of an Am a Lai a tribe in Alexandra 

 county at Dingane's time. .The name of the chief was Joli. 

 The above song is used at marriages in Zululand. 

 8. Ye he ubaba wangikolisa, Well my father gave me satis- 

 faction, 

 Kodwa au yek'amadhlozi But, alas, the spirits (of the 

 Angibulala. Kill me. [dead) 



0, kodwa ngiyazisa. And yet I praise them, 



Amadhlozi angilaya. The spirits inforin me, 



Yek ul)aba epansi, Oh ! my father is dead, 



