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Artist: Jimmy Cliff
Canonical path: /jimmy-cliff/bongo-man
Related lyric paths: 6
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Bongo Man
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Bongo Man
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Bongo man has come, come, come
Bongo man has come, come, come
The bongo man has come, come, come
I've given you the warning
Long before the dawning
I hope you are prepared
The bongo man is here
Bongo man has come, come, come
Bongo man has come, come, come
I and I are going to Zion, going to Zion
And if you follow politicians
You will never come at all
Never come at all, never come at all
And if you follow heads of churches
You will never come at all
We are going to Zion
I hope you are prepared
The bongo man is here
Bongo man has come, come, come
Bongo man has come, come, come
Bongo man has come, come, come
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Jimmy Cliff performs "Bongo Man", and this lyric page sits inside the Jimmy Cliff catalog on LyroVerse.
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