(Verse 1 )
The rain has stopped, the dust has settled low
Mango leaves are shinin’in the sun’s last glow
The mine whistle’s silent, for a day or two
Got a case of Mosi, and a job that’s through
A job that’s through… oh yeah…
(Chorus )
It’s a Copperbelt Christmas, fire in the sky!
A chicken in the pot, and a baby’s cry
Gather’round the radio, hear the angels sing
With a fuzzy guitar and a broken string!
A broken string! Oh, Christmas! Eh!
(Verse 2 )
No reindeer in the mo-pah-nee,just a gecko on the wall
Auntie’s laughin’loudly, Uncle’s startin’ to bawl
The nshee-mah steamin’, relish extra sweet
Dancin’in the livin’ room with our barefoot feet
Barefoot feet… feel the beat…
(Bridge)
And we remember those who are far from home
Working in the city,or the valley’s loam
We send a prayer out on the evening breeze
Under the same Zambian twilight trees…
Twilight trees… oh, carry please…
(Chorus)
It’s a Copperbelt Christmas, fire in the sky!
A chicken in the pot, and a baby’s cry
Gather’round the radio, hear the angels sing
With a fuzzy guitar and a broken string!
A broken string! Oh, Christmas! Eh! Woo!
(Outro)
Feel that groove now… feel it in your soul!
Backing:It’s Christmas time! (Christmas time!)
The generator’s hummin’, keep the lights alive!
Keep ’em alive! (Eh!)
From Lusaka to Kitwe, from Livingstone to Ndola town!
Merry Christmas! MERRY CHRISTMAS!
