In expectation of the departure of Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda, the Prime Minister and President of Malawi for several decades.
Actually he didn’t depart until about a year after I wrote this lyric.
About 30 years after I wrote this lyric, Janie and I went on holiday to Malawi:
Here’s the lyric; not one of my greatest hits to be honest. It doesn’t even scan well:
BANDA
(To the Tune of “Homburg”)
VERSE 1
This multilingual African,
Has reached his finale;
Leaving utter depravation,
In the state of Malawi.
VERSE 2
‘Tho Doctor Hastings Banda,
Has now run out of steam;
He once displaced Uganda,
As the world’s worst regime.
CHORUS
His power tricks are dirty,
And his human rights are wrong;
He’d better take off his homburg,
Cos his overthrow won’t take long.
(Once he actually goes the last line reads “Cos his overthrow took too long” – the rest of the song is consistent before and after his departure)
Click here for a vid of Procol Harem singing Homburg, with the lyrics in the blurb underneath…or just watch the vid below: