Are you ready, Mulamba Primary School?
PUPILS:
Yeeeees! We are ready!
LEAD PUPIL:
Who are we?
PUPILS:
We are Zambians!
LEAD PUPIL:
What are we celebrating?
PUPILS:
Independence Day!
LEAD PUPIL:
On which date?
PUPILS:
24th October!
LEAD PUPIL:
Mulamba Primary School, are you ready to dance?
PUPILS:
Ready! Ready! Ready to dance!
ALL:
Zambia! Zambia! Zambia yetu!
Mulamba Primary, tiyeni tivine!
Rufunsa! Rufunsa! Everybody celebrate!
On the 24th of October, we celebrate!
🎶 CHORUS 1: ZAMBIA YATHU! (0:30–1:00)
LEAD:
Zambia, Zambia, dziko lathu!
CHOIR:
Zambia, Zambia, our beautiful home!
LEAD:
Pa 24 October, tivina tonse!
CHOIR:
Independence Day, we dance together!
LEAD:
Mulamba Primary, kodi muli bwanji?
CHOIR:
Tili bwino! Tili bwino! We are feeling fine!
LEAD:
Rufunsa people, kodi mwakonzeka?
CHOIR:
Takonzeka! Let's celebrate!
ALL:
Hey! Hey! Zambia ndele!
Hey! Hey! Zambia ndi lathu!
Freedom! Unity! Peace and love!
Zambia forever, we rise above!
DANCE BREAK:
Left, right, move your body!
Left, right, everybody!
Clap your hands, stamp your feet!
Mulamba Primary, feel the beat!
CHOIR:
We remember them! We remember them!
All our freedom fighters, we remember them!
LEAD PUPIL:
Kenneth Kaunda, our first President,
For Zambia's freedom, your name is significant!
CHOIR:
KK! KK! We remember you!
For our mother Zambia, we honour you!
LEAD PUPIL:
Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe, we remember your name!
CHOIR:
For Zambia's freedom, we honour your name!
LEAD PUPIL:
Harry Mwanga Nkumbula, we honour you too!
CHOIR:
For the freedom of Zambia, we remember you!
ALL:
To all freedom fighters, we say thank you!
For the Zambia we love, we honour you!
You fought for freedom, you stood for our land!
Today we celebrate, together we stand!
Who brought us freedom?
CHOIR:
Our freedom fighters!
LEAD:
Who is our first President?
CHOIR:
Kenneth Kaunda!
LEAD:
What do we want for Zambia?
CHOIR:
Peace and unity!
LEAD:
What do we celebrate?
CHOIR:
Independence Day!
ALL:
Zambia oyee! Zambia oyee!
Freedom and peace, let the whole world see!
Zambia oyee! Zambia oyee!
One Zambia, one nation, forever we'll be!
DANCE CHANT:
Vina! Vina! Vina, mwana!
Clap your hands and move your body!
Vina! Vina! Rufunsa people!
Mulamba Primary, make some noise!
CHOIR:
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Happy Independence Day!
Hey! Hey! Hey!
24th October, we celebrate!
LEAD PUPIL:
From Mulamba to Rufunsa, hear the celebration!
Children and parents, one happy nation!
Teachers and pupils, let's sing with pride,
Zambia is our home, let's stand side by side!
CHOIR:
Mulamba! Mulamba! We love our home!
Rufunsa! Rufunsa! Together we belong!
LEAD PUPIL:
To our mothers and fathers, thank you today!
To our teachers, you show us the way!
To our elders and leaders, we honour you!
To every Zambian, this song is for you!
CHOIR:
Thank you, people of Rufunsa!
Thank you, people of Mulamba!
We are one family, we are one nation!
Happy Independence celebration!
LEAD PUPIL:
Let the children learn, let the children grow!
Let peace and love in our country flow!
We are the future, bright as the sun!
Together in Zambia, we stand as one!
CHOIR:
One Zambia! One nation!
One people! One celebration!
ALL:
Mulamba Primary, raise the flag!
Zambia's freedom is our pride!
Red, black, orange and green,
Our national flag, proudly seen!
🎶 CHORUS 3: THE PRESIDENT AND OUR BELOVED ZAMBIA (2:55–3:25)
LEAD PUPIL:
Who is the President of Zambia today?
CHOIR:
Hakainde Hichilema!
LEAD PUPIL:
What do we wish for our nation?
CHOIR:
Peace, progress and development!
LEAD PUPIL:
What do we wish for our President?
CHOIR:
Wisdom and strength to serve our nation!
ALL:
Mr President, we greet you today!
Zambian children are singing your way!
May our country continue to grow,
With peace and unity wherever we go!
CHOIR:
Zambia, our mother, we love you!
Zambia, our nation, we stand with you!
From Mulamba to Rufunsa, hear us say:
Happy Independence Day!
LEAD PUPIL:
Mulamba Primary!
CHOIR:
Tili pano!
LEAD:
Rufunsa people!
CHOIR:
Tili pano!
LEAD:
Freedom fighters!
CHOIR:
Timawakumbukira!
LEAD:
Zambia Independence!
CHOIR:
Tikondwerera!
ALL:
Twasangalala! Twasangalala!
Pa 24 October, tonse tisangalala!
Twasangalala! Twasangalala!
Mulamba ndi Rufunsa, tonse tisangalala!
Zambia oyee! Zambia oyee!
One Zambia, one nation, forever we'll be!
Zambia oyee! Zambia oyee!
Happy Independence Day to you and me!
LEAD:
For Kenneth Kaunda!
CHOIR:
We remember you!
LEAD:
For Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe!
CHOIR:
We honour you!
For the people of Mulamba!
CHOIR:
We love you!
ALL:
Happy Independence Day, Zambia!
Happy Independence Day, Mulamba!
Happy Independence Day, Rufunsa!
24th October — Tiyeni tonse tivine!
ALL SHOUT:
🇿🇲 ONE ZAMBIA! ONE NATION! 🇿🇲
MULAMBA PRIMARY SCHOOL — WE LOVE ZAMBIA!
ZAMBIA OYEEEEE!
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