- Umtyholi wehla waya eGeorgia
Wayekhangele umphefumlo ukuba webe
Wayebotshiwe
Kuba wayesemva kakhulu
Kwaye wayezimisele ukwenza isivumelwano
Xa wafika lo mfana
I-Sawin 'kwi-fiddle kunye ne-playin' ishushu
Kwaye uMtyholi waxhuma
Phezulu kwisiphunzi somthi
Kwaye ndathi, 'mfana, mandikuxelele
Ndiyaqikelela ukuba ubungayazi
Kodwa nam ndingumdlali wefiddle
Kwaye ukuba unomdla wokuthatha isibindi, ndiza kubheja nawe
Ngoku udlala ifiddle fiddle, mfana
Kodwa nika uMtyholi ilungelo lakhe
Ndiza kubheja ngefiddle igolide
Nxamnye nomphefumlo wakho
Kuba ndicinga ukuba ndingcono kunawe. '
Inkwenkwe yathi, 'igama lam nguJohnny
Kwaye isenokuba sisono
Kodwa ndiza kuthatha ukubheja kwakho
Kwaye uya kuzisola
'Kuba ndingoyena mntu ubalaseleyo wakha wakho.'
Johnny, rosin isaphetha sakho kwaye udlale ifiddle yakho kanzima
Kuba isihogo siqhekekile eGeorgia, kwaye umtyholi usebenza ngamakhadi
Kwaye ukuba uyaphumelela, ufumana le fiddle ekhazimlayo eyenziwe ngegolide
Kodwa ukuba uyalahleka, uMtyholi uyawufumana umphefumlo wakho
Usathana wavula ityala lakhe
Kwaye wathi, 'Ndiza kuqala lo mboniso.'
Kwaye kwaphuma umlilo ezandleni zakhe
Njengoko wayelungisa isaphetha sakhe
Emva koko watsala isaphetha enqamlezisa imitya
Kwaye yenza into embi
Kwaye iqela leedemon lazibandakanya
Kwaye kwavakala into enje
Uthe akugqiba usathana
UJohnny wathi, 'ulungile, nyana mdala
Kodwa hlala phantsi kweso sihlalo kanye apho
Kwaye mandikubonise ukuba yenziwa njani. '
Udlale uMlilo eNtabeni abaleke amakhwenkwe, abaleke
Umtyholi ukwindlu yeLanga
Inkukhu kwisitya sesonka se-pickin '
Makhulu, ingaba inja yakho iyaluma? Akukho mntwana, hayi
Usathana waqubuda intloko
Kuba wayesazi ukuba ubethiwe
Wabeka loo fiddle yegolide
Emhlabeni ezinyaweni zikaJohnny
UJohnny wathi, 'Mtyholi, buya ubuye
Ukuba ufuna ukuzama kwakhona
Ndikhe ndakuxelela kanye wena nyana wenja
Ndingoyena mntu ubalaseleyo owakha wakho. '
Udlale uMlilo eNtabeni abaleke amakhwenkwe, abaleke
Umtyholi ukwindlu yeLanga
Inkukhu kwisitya sesonka se-pickin '
Makhulu, ingaba inja yakho iyaluma? Akukho mntwana, hayi
Dlala UMtyholi wehlela ezantsi eGeorgia Akafumananga nto. Isenokuqulatha amakhonkco obulungu
