A Piece Of Ground-Miriam Makeba

[ti:A Piece Of Ground] [ar:Miriam Makeba] [al:Pata Pata(Warner)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Piece Of Ground - Miriam Makeba (米瑞安·马卡贝) [00:09.35]When the white man first came here from over the seas [00:13.95] [00:14.81]He looked and he said [00:16.56]this is God's own country [00:19.37] [00:20.15]He was mighty well pleased with this land that he'd found [00:24.25] [00:25.56]And he said I will make here my own piece of ground [00:29.90] [00:33.11]Now many's the battle he still had to fight [00:36.63]Many's the family that died in the night [00:41.51] [00:43.06]For many were the black men that lived all around [00:47.06] [00:48.68]And all of them wanting their own piece of ground [00:52.78] [00:58.74]Then one fine day in 1883 [01:02.53] [01:03.06]Gold was discovered in good quantity [01:07.09] [01:08.04]The country was rich [01:09.69]much richer than planned [01:12.70] [01:13.69]And each digger wanted his own piece of land [01:18.19] [01:21.85]Now the white diggers were few and the gold was so deep [01:26.15] [01:27.48]That the black man was called 'cause his labor was cheap [01:31.84] [01:32.51]With drill and with shovel he toiled underground [01:36.25] [01:38.32]For six pennies a day to tender the ground [01:42.93] [01:46.27]Now this land is so rich and it seems strange to me [01:50.78] [01:51.50]That the black man whose labor has helped it to be [01:56.50]Cannot enjoy the fruits that abound [02:00.15] [02:01.75]Is uprooted and kicked from his own piece of ground [02:06.04] [02:09.65]Some people say now don't you worry [02:14.35] [02:15.07]We've kept you a nice piece of reserve territory [02:18.55] [02:20.58]But how can a life for so many be found [02:24.56] [02:25.83]On a miserable thirty per cent of the ground [02:30.55] [02:34.02]Yet some people say now don't you worry [02:37.78] [02:39.47]You can always find jobs in the white man's city [02:44.30]But don't stay too long and don't stay too deep [02:48.53] [02:49.39]Or you're bound to disturb the white man in his sleep [02:54.36] [02:58.61]White man don't sleep long and don't sleep too deep [03:04.22] [03:05.84]Or your life and your possessions [03:08.12]how long will you keep [03:12.16] [03:13.35]For I've heard a rumor that's running around [03:17.25] [03:18.56]That the black man's demanding his own piece of ground [03:24.86] [03:26.16]His own piece of ground