In Zaïre

Once there was a battle there
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A hundred thousand people there
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All these people gathered there
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To see the rumble in the jungle there….
In Zaïre

Came a man called Elijah
In Za - In Zaïre
With him came the superstar
In Za - In Zaïre
All those people came from far
In Za - In Zaïre
To see the rumble in the jungle there….
In Zaïre

And who was the victim in the night
Elijah Mohammed’s boy Ali won the fight

All those people chanted there
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Seven rounds of fortune there
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One more round an Ali’s there
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There was great excitement everywhere
In Zaïre

The lightning struck twice in the night
First in the ring and then after the fight

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