[STATION MASTER, spoken]
Attention! The train for Johannesburg will be here in five minutes. Have your baggage ready. Train for Johannesburg!

[ENSEMBLE]
Johannesburg, Johannesburg
Johannesburg, Johannesburg

[LEADER]
Train go now to Johannesburg
Farewell!

[ENSEMBLE]
Farewell!

[LEADER]
Go well!

[ENSEMBLE]
Go well!

[LEADER]
Train go now to Johannesburg
Farewell!

[ENSEMBLE]
Farewell!
[LEADER]
Go well!

[ENSEMBLE]
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
Nevеr come back, never comе back

[YOUNG MAN, spoken]
I will come back. 

[YOUNG WOMAN, spoken]
Oh, please. 

[YOUNG MAN, spoken]
All this they say—I fool them. I come back. 

[ENSEMBLE]
Black man go to Johannesburg
Go, go, never come back
Go, go, never come back
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
Go, go, never come back
Go, go, never come back
Never come back, never come back

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[LEADER]
White man go to Johannesburg
He come back, he come back
Black man go to Johannesburg
Never come back, never come back
(spoken)
Go well, umfundisi. 
[STEPHEN, spoken]
Stay well, you who dwell here. 

[ENSEMBLE]
Black man go to Johannesburg
Never come back, never come back

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