Somagwaza / Hey Motswala - Peter, Paul and Mary

Ha Weh Ha Weh, Somagwaza

Somagwaza ma yo-weh yo-weh

He Ma Yo-Weh, He Ma Yo-Weh

Somagwaza

My mother travelled to Pretoria

To buy the license for the wedding day

My mother travelled to Pretoria

To buy the license for the wedding day

Hey, Motswala, hey Motswala, hey, Motswala, hey Motswala

My father wants to give the bride away

But I think he’s waiting for a dowry

My father wants to give the bride away

But I think he’s waiting for a dowry

Hey, Motswala, hey Motswala, hey Motswala, hey Motswala

Now the time has come, I have to go;

I wish perhaps I had not hurried so

Now the time has come, I have to go;

I wish perhaps I had not hurried so

Hey, Motswala, hey Motswala, hey Motswala, hey Motswala