Boney M Belfast song..

**renaissance12** · 10-22-2022, 09:32 AM

I need a help.. I don't undertands a word of Belfast song..

The lyric I FOUND IN INTERNET doesn't include a word

29 - 30 seconds

1° " Got to have a believen" 2° "Got to have a believen" .. 3° "Got to have a believen" and NOLA ? LOLA ? Hola ? Cola ? POLA ?

Belfast
Belfast
Belfast

1° Got to have a believin'
2° Got to have a believin'
3° Got to have a believin' .. here is the word i don't understand when Boney M sing the song..

All the people
'Cause the people are leavin'
When the people believin'
When the people believin'
When the people believin'
All the children cause the children
Are leavin'

**renaissance12** · 10-23-2022, 06:27 AM

I need a help.. I don't undertands a word of Belfast song..

The lyric I FOUND IN INTERNET doesn't include a word

29 - 30 seconds

1° " Got to have a believen" 2° "Got to have a believen" .. 3° "Got to have a believen" and NOLA ? LOLA ? Hola ? Cola ? POLA ? this is the word i don't understand when Boney M sing the song..

**Grace O'Malley** · 10-23-2022, 06:53 AM

Here it is all explained.

This was written by the German singer-songwriter Drafi Deutscher and his collaborators James Bilsbury and Joe Menke. Intended for Marcia Barrett solo, it went unrecorded for years until Boney M producer Frank Farian decided to do it with the group. The song continued their run of European hits, giving them their fourth #1 in Germany.

It is doubtful if this song's writers really understood the background to what became known euphemistically as "The Troubles," but if music really is the food of love, it probably did as much to stop the violence as any behind the scenes machinations by the British Government; the IRA agreed to a ceasefire in 1994.

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/boney-m/belfast

Basically it was written by Germans who just wrote a catchy tune but did not really understand the intricacies of Northern Ireland which is not surprising as most people don't have a good understanding of it. I also doubt the song had any impact on the peace process.

**renaissance12** · 10-24-2022, 06:42 AM

Originally Posted by Grace O'Malley

Here it is all explained.

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/boney-m/belfast

Basically it was written by Germans who just wrote a catchy tune but did not really understand the intricacies of Northern Ireland which is not surprising as most people don't have a good understanding of it. I also doubt the song had any impact on the peace process.

Thanks

Watch the video please and after- 29 - 30 seconds- .. the singer sing these words...

1° " Got to have a believen"
2° "Got to have a believen" ..
3° "Got to have a believen"....... and NOLA ? LOLA ? Hola ? Cola ? POLA ? I don't understand this "word" if it is a word...

I have been in almost in every country in Europe but Finland Ireland Poland Baltic countries and Greece... I would plane to visit all of them.. and the first will be IRELAND... There is something ( i can't explain it .. maybe it is related to Christianity or Celtic tradition..) very MYSTICAL in that country... I

**renaissance12** · 10-24-2022, 01:29 PM

Originally Posted by renaissance12

Thanks

Watch the video please and after- 29 - 30 seconds- .. the singer sing these words...

1° " Got to have a believen"
2° "Got to have a believen" ..
3° "Got to have a believen"....... and NOLA ? LOLA ? Hola ? Cola ? POLA ? I don't understand this "word" if it is a word...

I have been in almost in every country in Europe but Finland Ireland Poland Baltic countries and Greece... I would plane to visit all of them.. and the first will be IRELAND... There is something ( i can't explain it .. maybe it is related to Christianity or Celtic tradition..) very MYSTICAL in that country... I

S.O.S... i need some helps from everyone who speaks/ knows very well English..

**Grace O'Malley** · 10-24-2022, 01:37 PM

Originally Posted by renaissance12

S.O.S... i need some helps from everyone who speaks/ knows very well English..

She is singing "got to have a belief in, got to have a belief in, got to have a belief in all the people coz the people are leaving".

That's what I hear.

**renaissance12** · 10-24-2022, 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by Grace O'Malley

She is singing "got to have a belief in, got to have a belief in, got to have a belief in all the people because the people are leaving".

That's what I hear.

Thanks.. Do you thinK that her pronunciaton is OK ?..

**Grace O'Malley** · 10-24-2022, 01:49 PM

Originally Posted by renaissance12

Thanks.. Do you thinK that her pronunciaton is OK ?..

It's understandable but it's not perfect. You can hear she isn't a native English speaker.

**Creoda** · 10-24-2022, 02:39 PM

Originally Posted by Grace O'Malley

It's understandable but it's not perfect. You can hear she isn't a native English speaker.

I think they were native English speakers, they're from the British West Indies.

Don't know why deciphering Boney M lyrics is so important to the OP, but I guess they make more sense than his posts.

**renaissance12** · 10-25-2022, 01:33 PM

Originally Posted by Creoda

I think they were native English speakers, they're from the British West Indies.

Don't know why deciphering Boney M lyrics is so important to the OP, but I guess they make more sense than his posts.

Just a curiosity .. I was not able to understand the word following the refrain " Got to have a believin'" - IN ALL- the people...

In my ears the singer pronounces IN ALL as nola or lola or cola ..that makes NO SENSE AT ALL..