Lesang nca re a baka (Leave the dog alone)

Title: Lesang nca re a baka (Leave the dog alone)
Performer / Recordist: Ntnebolang Molebatsi, 4 men and 4 women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Tswana; Tswana (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "Leave the dog alone, we are praising. We orphans, if collected would fill the Chief's kraal. I didn't lock the door last night and the dog ate up all my fat, all on account of your lovers." The last three lines refer to the fact that two girls were sharing the same room. One left the door open for her lovers to enter, and a dog got in and ate up all the other one's fat. Herdboy's song and step danie, with stamping of feet.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Tswana; Tlharo
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa -- South Africa Disaneng
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1959
Date issued / published: 1959
Identifier: TR0111; 5
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:03:04
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/10962/164993