In Zaire

Once there was a battle there

In Zaire, in Zaire

A hundred thousand people there

In Zaire, in Zaire

All those people gathered there

In Zaire, in Zaire

To see the Rumble in the Jungle there (There, there)

In Zaire

Came a man called Elijah

In Zaire, in Zaire

With him came the superstar

In Zaire, in Zaire

All those people came from far

In Zaire, in Zaire

To see the Rumble in the Jungle there (There, there)

In Zaire

And who was the victim in the night?

Elijah Muhammad's boy Ali won the fight (Fight, fight)

All those people chanted there

In Zaire, in Zaire

Seven rounds of torture there

In Zaire, in Zaire

One more round and Ali's there

In Zaire, in Zaire

There was great excitement everywhere

In Zaire

Came a man called Elijah

In Zaire, in Zaire

With him came the superstar

In Zaire, in Zaire

All those people came from far

In Zaire, in Zaire

To see the Rumble in the Jungle there (There, there)

In Zaire

And who was the victim in the night?

Elijah Muhammad's boy Ali won the fight (Fight, fight)

The lightning struck twice in the night

First in the ring and then after the fight (Fight, fight)

In Zaire, in Zaire

In Zaire, in Zaire

In Zaire, in Zaire

In Zaire, in Zaire

In Zaire, in Zaire

In Zaire, in Zaire

In Zaire, in Zaire

In Zaire, in Zaire

In Zaire, in Zaire

In Zaire, in Zaire

In Zaire, in Zaire

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