Keep the home fires burning  While Papa's earning the pittance he calls his pay  You've got to get up so early in the morning  To keep your job, let alone find one these days  Hear them sing in the streets now  Hear the sound of marching feet now  Chorus:   Sifun'umsebenzi -- work for all -- we need to work to be   Sifun'umsebenzi -- work for all -- there's a jobless army in the streets   Sifun'umsebenzi -- work for all -- in a wage, a hidden war   Sifun'umsebenzi -- funumsebenzi  Papa sits alone in the kitchen  Thirty years a mining man  He still has to fight for the right to work  Whether times are good or bad  Hear them sing in the streets now  Hear the sound of marching feet now  Chorus  Sifun'umsebenzi -- wo thina sifun'umsebenzi  We need work for all  Hum o hum  Chorus  Sifun'umsebenzi -- work for all --   we need to work to be  Sifun'umsebenzi -- work for all --   so many mouths at home to feed  Sifun'umsebenzi -- work for all --   in a wage a hidden war  Sifun'umsebenzi -- work for all --   oh a jobless army at my door  Sifun'umsebenzi -- funumsebenzi   wo thina sifun'umsebenzi  We need work for all  We want work for all  We need work to be  Give us work for all--  Give us work to be