The Sounds of the River Drums Part 1---

THE SOUNDS OF THE RIVER DRUMS---part 1 AS THE SOUND OF THE BEAT GOES, TUM, TUM, TUM As the sound of the drum beats boom, boom, boom Running river waters streaming; heading down the valleys screaming Flowing where it may swallow; Birds swooping down, pecking off the bodies of fishes surfacing now floating; Waves calling out the names of those that swam away, got away; Waves of the waters shallow waters turbulence rushing waters; Avoid that premise says Chini ya mkondo ukimbilia dhidi ya magogo dhidi ya mabenki ya mto Kwa upole tunasikia ngoma za mawimbi zinapiga juu yao huko pwani; Kwa upole tunasikia ngoma tum, tum, tum, boom boom; Tum, Tum, Tum, Sauti ya ngoma za mto; Je! Sauti ya ngoma za mto, wito; Wao wanaita majina yetu; Sauti ya ngoma za mto; kupiga tum, tum, tum; Sauti ya ngoma za mto; Down the stream rushing against the logs against the river banks Quietly we hear the drums of the waves beating on them there shores; Quietly we hear the drums tum, tum, tum, boom, boom boom; Tum, Tum, Tum, The sound of the river drums; Do toll The sounds of the river drums, call; They are calling out our names; The sound of the river drums; beat tum, tum, tum; The sounds of the river drums; Chini ya mkondo ukimbilia dhidi ya magogo dhidi ya mabenki ya mto Kwa upole tunasikia ngoma za mawimbi zinapiga juu yao huko pwani; Kwa upole tunasikia ngoma tum, tum, tum, boom boom; Tum, Tum, Tum, Sauti ya ngoma za mto; Je! Sauti ya ngoma za mto, wito; Wao wanaita majina yetu; Sauti ya ngoma za mto; kupiga tum, tum, tum; Sauti ya ngoma za mto; 1/16/19 Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.©2019