Kwangena Thina Bo

Translation: "We come in, the spirit is moved. O ululate (cry for joy), the spirit is moved."

b4 j
&b 4

b4
&b 4

? b4
b4

q = 100

b4
&b 4

thi - na bo,

ge - na

thi - na bo,

ge - na

ge - na,

We

b
&b

thi - na bo,

b
j
& b J
6

b
j
&b

kwash - ay'u - mo

b
&b

?b
b

- ya,

me,

- ya,

u - mo - ya, Li - ze

kwash - ay'u - mo

J
J
j
J
Li - li - ze - la

Li - li - ze - la

- ya,

- ya,

la,

We

* pronounced "Kwat-zu moya"

kwash - ay'u - mo

J
J

- ya, Li - ze - la,

j


J

ze - la

ze - la

We

ma -

J
j

kwash - ay'u -mo

Kwan -

Li - li - ze - la

J
ya,
Li - li J
J
ya,
Li- li

J J
J

J
kwash - ay'u - mo
- ya,
kwash
Li- li - ze - la
J

J
J
kwash - ay'u - mo

- ya, Kwan -

kwash - ay'u - mo

We ma - me,

- ya, Kwan -

kwash - ay'u - mo

ma - me,

ge - na
thi - na bo,
kwash - ay'u - mo
b

J
&b
ge - na thi - na bo,
kwash - ay'u - mo

?b
J

b

J
ge - na,

kwash - ay'u - mo

thi - na bo,

b
&b
ge - na

J
kwash - ay'u* -mo
- ya, Kwan j

Kwan - ge - na

trad. Xhosa Folk Song

adapted from the Drakensberg Boy's Choir version

- ya, Kwan

kwash - ay'u -mo

- ya, Kwan

- ay'u -mo

- ya, Kwan

ma - me,

J

J

u - mo

- ya,

Kwan

 b
&b

b
&b

b
&b
ge - na thi - na bo,

coda

ge - na

ge - na

thi - na bo,

b
&b
12

b
&b
b
&b

?b
b

thi - na bo,

kwash - ay'u - mo

kwash - ay'u - mo

kwash - ay'u - mo

thi - na bo,

kwash - ay'u - mo

?b
b
ge - na

kwash - ay'u - mo

poco rit.

ya,

bo.

kwash - ay'u - mo

ya,

bo.

kwash - ay'u - mo

ya,

U
w
U
w

bo.

Sequence: sopranos only, then add altos (pick up at the end of m.8),
then tenors, then basses. After a chorus or two, basses are featured
with all other sections sing their parts on "oo", then all sections are back in.

thi - na bo,

thi - na bo,

thi - na bo,

- ya, Kwan - ge - na

U
w

ya,

- ya, Kwan - ge - na

bo.

- ya, Kwan - ge - na

U
w

kwash - ay'u - mo

- ya, Kwan - ge - na

thi - na bo,