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On Tuesday, October 6, 1998 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Wayne Garvin wrote:

On Mon, 5 Oct 1998 22:40:49 -0400
"Andre Desrochers" <birdie...@sprint.ca> wrote:

There was a song I used to hear when I was young (early 70's) and it was >played to death on the radio. The song had a part in it that went...

"South Africa aaa-AAA-aaa"
"Beautiful Land aaa-AAA-aaa"

Does anyone remember this song at all?
If so, please post a reply with the Name of the artist and the song.

The group is Thundermug and they were from London, Ontario, Canada. The name of the song is "Africa" and it can be found on the CD "Made In Canada - Our Rock 'N' Roll History - Volume Three (1965-1974)" from BMG Music Canada (KCD1-7158). I'm not sure if it's still available though.
The lyrics are really hard to figure out but here's my best guess. If anyone can offer corrections or fill-in the missing words, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Africa
- written by Bill Durst and Joe De Angelis
- as recorded by Thundermug in 1972
Love Africa (ah-ah-ah)
Beautiful land (ah-ah-ah)
Hot is the sun, cold is the night
You're mine!
Thunder saw savanna
I can look out to the sea, look at me
Live off the land (ah-ah-ah)
Smoke mashmakhan (ah-ah-ah)
Forests so green, jungles so deep
Sublime!
Up the great Zambezi
Sail the Congo to the sea
You're my father, you're my mother
You're my sister and my brother
You're my friend
Soft rolling sand (ah-ah-ah)
Where life began (ah-ah-ah)
Song of the bird, roar of the beast
Sublime!
???? ???? ??? Turkana
Tanganyika call to me, call to me
------ kazoo solo ------
You're my father, you're my mother
You're my sister and my brother
You're my friend
Love Africa (ah-ah-ah)
Beautiful land (ah-ah-ah)
Love Africa (ah-ah-ah)
Sing coloured man (ah-ah-ah)
Love Africa (ah-ah-ah)
Beautiful land (ah-ah-ah)
Love Africa (ah-ah-ah)
Beautiful land (ah-ah-ah)
Love Africa (ah-ah-ah)
Beautiful land (ah-ah-ah)
Love Africa (ah-ah-ah)
Beautiful land (ah-ah-ah)
Love Africa

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Wanted you to know that you've stopped me from going mad trying to find the name of this song and from trying to "sing" it for others to see if they can help. Thank you from 2022!
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On Monday, October 5, 1998 at 12:00:00rC>AM UTC-7, Andre Desrochers wrote:

There was a song I used to hear when I was young (early 70's) and it was played to death on the radio. The song had a part in it that went...
"South Africa aaa-AAA-aaa"
"Beautiful Land aaa-AAA-aaa"

Does anyone remember this song at all?
If so, please post a reply with the Name of the artist and the song.
Fingers crossed, thanks in advance.

ha ha.. it drove me nuts that it was so overplayed and NO ONE ever
knew what i was talking about!
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On Sat, 25 Feb 2023 20:06:56 -0800 (PST)
Wendy Polland Gauthier <wendyswords2@gmail.com> wrote:

On Monday, October 5, 1998 at 12:00:00rC>AM UTC-7, Andre Desrochers
wrote:

There was a song I used to hear when I was young (early 70's) and
it was played to death on the radio. The song had a part in it that
went... "South Africa aaa-AAA-aaa"
"Beautiful Land aaa-AAA-aaa"

Does anyone remember this song at all?
If so, please post a reply with the Name of the artist and the song. Fingers crossed, thanks in advance.

ha ha.. it drove me nuts that it was so overplayed and NO ONE ever
knew what i was talking about!

Try this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jut6sOTqldU
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