Frances Luke Accord - Kandote Lyrics

It took me a long time
Just to dream of California
Where the golden valleys roll on for miles
But I woke up in another place
That calm December night
Warm inside

My long-lost brother
Twice removed
Darker than the night
Sang but I couldn’t understand
But he smiled a smile from my father’s side
True as the day
Soft as the rain

Kandote
Tukole wamu
Tussé kimu
Tuli ba musayi gumu

And for the sake of our own trades
We went our separate ways
I walked into a lonely afternoon
And shivering by the night
And oh, the moon, a light on me
A light on you

Kan-do-te, tukole wamu, tussé kimu
Tuli ba musayi gumu