The Click Song

The Click Song

Qongqothwane is a traditional song of the Xhosa people of South Africa. It is sung at weddings to bring good fortune. In the Western World it is mainly known as The Click Song, a nickname given to the song by European colonials who could not pronounce its xhosa title, which has many click consonants in it. The xhosa title literally means "knock-knock beetle", which is a popular name for the Xestobium rufovillosum, a woodboring beetle that makes a distinctive ticking sound. This beetle is believed by the Xhosa to bring good luck and rain.

The song is known world-wide thanks to the interpretation of South African singer Miriam Makeba (herself a Xhosa). In her discography the songs appears in several versions, both with title Qongqothwane and as The Click Song.

Lyrics

Igqira lendlela nguqongqothwane
Sebeqabele gqithapha bathi nguqongqothwane

Diviner of the roadwaysthe knock knock beetle
It just passed by herethe knock knock beetle


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