Mama Hue

Dad worked in the quarries
Mom wandered down roads I don’t know...
When I die, who will
Cry for me?

Mama mama hue eee...
Mama mama hue eee...

Translation

My dad working in the quarries
My mom on paths I don’t know where
When I die, who will
Cry for me?

Story
A native child during the time of colonization had their parents taken by colonizers, scattering the family. The dad was taken to work in a quarry. No one ever heard from the mom again, leaving the child to mourn with the song-cry mama hue eee. The song is sung in Kimbundu, one of the main dialects of Angola. (Information taken from the LP insert mama hue eee., 1988 Taracón).