Market Place Lyrics - Hugh Masekela

I see her floating lazily 

Through the market like a butterfly, oh yeah 

I won't forget the day the sun came shining in 

Hey hey na 

Oh yeah 

Just like the dawn, bringing in the rays for that sunshine in Congo 

A flaming torch she lit up the marketplace so brightly 

Colors as in a flower garden 

Gracing her lappa shimmering in purples and yellows 

And all the shades sparkling in the skies in the rainbows of the Congo 

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Corn row hair in a million braids 

Eyes lit up like the northern star 

A smile that leaves a spell when she goes to look into my eyes 

She turning me on with fever 

As she passes me by, hey mama 

Suddenly I'm walking right beside her, really turning her on 

When I tell her I'm going wherever 

She'll be going when she leaves the market 

Right away I go to carry her bag of vegetables 

We walk towards the road that goes down to the village, ooh mama 

She locks the door that leads into her hut 

I say wolo mama, wolo mama, iyoh 

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The talking drums and the xylophones 

All the tom toms and the tumbas they were wailing 

We had a night time of ecstasy 

And we woke up to the roar of the lion 

She had to rise to the market place 

To her vegetable stall at the market place 

That's where the sun rises 

I won't forget the day the sun came shining in