Once

There was a battle there

A hundred thousand people there

All these people gathered there

To see the rumble in the jungle there

In Zaire

Came a man called Elijah

With him came the superstar

All these people came from far

To see the rumble in the jungle there

In Zaire

And who was the victim in the night

Elijah Mohammed's boy Ali won the fight

In Zaire

All those people chanted there

Seven rounds of torture there

One more round and Ali's there

There was great exitement everywhere

In Zaire

The lightning struck

Twice in the night

First in the ring

And then

After the fight

In Za in Zaire

In Za in Zaire

In Za in Zaire

In Za in Zaire

In Za in Zaire

In Za in Zaire