Текст песни «Art Of Noise - Yebo»

This is a traditional chant, which I first encountered in the
Vanguard Explorer series (VQE-0237968-23). It is one piece of a cycle of
domestic chants (as opposed to war songs, rituals, etc.), translated
by Edward B. Milne.

Utanga zaba zolo

Utanga: Piglet
zaba: tree
zolo: heavy rains

Zai akhia
Zai: Interrogative - 'who will ... ?'
akhia: Hear me

Zai assina

assina: Save, or rescue

Pepezela pepezela pepezela

pepezela: Get me out of here!

YEBO

YEBO: A Bear of Very Little Brain, of course.

(Apparently, Edward's translation was influenced by his childhood association with his paternal uncle A.A)