BONGOS IKWUE IS 77 TODAY

By Laide Fadimu

Wishing Nigerian music legend Bongos Ikuwe a happy 77th birthday today [June 6, 1942]. Many love him for his soulful, folksy songs, the most popular of which includes: Cockcrow At Dawn, Still Searching, Amen, Otachikpokpo and a host of others. Happy birthday. 

BONGOS IKWE
"Cock Crow at Dawn"

You can hear the bird sing in the morning,
You can hear the water splashing down the hill
Kind of roaring..
You can see the sun going down
And the people as they go by
Without a frown

Here the traffic never jam
Don’t cost much to buy some yams
And the neighbours say hello

And will strife to pull you up from down be low

You can even hear the sound of the cock crow at dawn.

Will he ever get there?
Will he ever make it?
Will he ever hear the sound of the cock crow at dawn?

1, 2 3 4 5 6 buses everyday
With nothing left at the end of each day
And the rattle he must pay
With much to think, he often has no say.

Will he ever get there?
Will he ever make it?
Will he ever hear the sound of the cock crow at dawn?...