Rabobi! Rabobi!

July 20, 2008

So Spiderman is on eTV tonight, and it got me thinking. Anyone else remember the Xhosa version of Spiderman from the 80’s? Living in Johannesburg, walking home from school and sitting down to watch TV until the folks got home, I was exposed to the following exciting theme song once a week, along with millions of others around South Africa.

Weird the stuff that sticks around for ever in your memory:

Rabobi Rabobi yanga sizwe Rabobi
Mzeweki bo yangangana
Amanzi seko sebo tshabana
Ingozi yanga iRabobi

iYa ditswa kae ke ya gona hoa i barena ba Pita Paka yangana i High School Science Student
hao Chemistry on the higher grade

Di footswa yanga bana metsi i radioactive spida bite Baba change ya Pita Paka ke a Rabobi

Change a motwa yana iChief Whip of New York City haho duma balunga ba defenda of Truth & Justice
Hoa ya cheesa ke Rabobi

Rabobi Rabobi yanga sizwe Rabobi
Mzeweki bo yangangana
Amanzi seko sebo tshabana
Ingozi yanga iRabobi

Domafanya ba ya tsetsie iGreen Goblin baba kae iDr . Octopus Botswa iarch enemies otswa a Rabobi

Rabobi banetsa ispider sense is tingling.
Di gona yoa iGreen Goblin Dr . Octopus
Ya tokoloshi medicine, Hao!

Rabobi ba ya gona Dr . Octopus left right
iGreen Goblin uppercut KO one time

Di ya azipepe ijail
Doa peace no TRC ya New York

Rabobi, Rabobi, Rabobi, Rabobi

Slugs of War performing a cover of Rabobi in the 2000s:

Rabobi Slugs of War