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
Mothers and fathers in black
With dragging feet and dying hearts
Will walk coffins to the grave
And decorate mounds of sand
With many-coloured streamers
As they wail their chants of sorrow
For their ravished virgin daughters
And the young men dancing
The gallow dance of death
Chants of sorrows meaning funeral hymns
The Virgins of Manenburg