 The virgins of Manenburg, Heideveld and Lavistown
Are wearing dresses of death.
For they will never see their wedding day
And the young men
Of the townships of terror
Will dance the wedding march
Upon air as they sway
From the gallow beam.
They are born to violence
And the young maidens their prey
The young men will hang to death. They may not see their wedding day, but they will dance – The dance refers to the way their bodies sway from the gallow beams.
The Virgins of Manenburg