Lizzie wanga (My Lizzie)

Title: Lizzie wanga (My Lizzie)
Performer / Recordist: S. R. Chitalo and De Ndirande Pitch Crooners; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Arts, Malawi; Songs, Nyanja; Nyanja (African people); Folk music; Africa Malawi Blantyre
Description / content note: Taken from an old recording, name unknown. A typical example of the sentimental song now popular in urban surroundings, and not original. "My Lizzie, at the cross roads where we met and spoke. You are the only one I think was made for me. My heart will never forget you, never leave me lonely. I dream about you, think about you and remember your kisses." Love song with guitar.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nyanja; Chewa; Chichewa
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1958
Date issued / published: 1958
Identifier: TR086; 9
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:26
File format: wav
Sample Rate: 15 ips reel
Digitisation (original): 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo; Studer B67 Recorder; Sound Forge V.6
Rights Holder: International Library of African Music
License: CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Access Rights: Public
Is Part Of: ILAM Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series
Format: audio/mp3
Genre: field recordings
handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/155558