Banda, NewsRevue Lyric, 14 June 1993

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:

Here is a link to the lyrics for Homburg.

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