Lyrics:

This song commemorates the Rumble In The Jungle, the famous 1974 boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman.
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
In Zaire, in Zaire
In Zaire, in Zaire
In Zaire, in Zaire
In Zaire