The Train to Johannesburg

Lyrics

[STEPHEN, spoken] If you wish it so much It may be that I should go to Johannesburg, my helper I could bring you word of Absalom It will be good news, that I know [ENSEMBLE] Johannesburg, Johannesburg Johannesburg, Johannesburg [LEADER] Train go now to Johannesburg Farewell! [ENSEMBLE] Farewell! [LEADER] Go well! [ENSEMBLE] Go well! Train go now to Johannesburg Farewell (Farewell) Go well (Go well) This boy we love, this brother Go to Johannesburg White man go to Johannesburg He come back, he come back Black man go to Johannesburg Never come back, never come back Black man go to Johannesburg Go, go, never come back Go, go, never come back Never come back Never come back [ARTHUR, spoken] There's Stephen Kumalo and I haven't seen him for a year Excuse me father, I want to speak to him [JAMES, spoken] I don't know what the customs are now in Johannesburg, Arthur But if you had struck me across the face, you couldn't have hurt me more Or damaged me more in the eyes of those who stand here [ENSEMBLE] Click click clickety, click click clickety Click click clickety, click click clickety Click click clickety, click click clickety Click click clickety, click click clickety Click click clickety, click click clickety Click click clickety, click click clickety [LEADER] White man go to Johannesburg He come back, he come back Black man go to Johannesburg Never come back, never come back [ENSEMBLE] Black man go to Johannesburg Never come back, never come back Click click clickety, click click clickety Click click clickety, click click clickety Click click clickety, click click clickety Click click clickety, click click clickety Click click clickety, click click clickety Click click clickety, click click clickety