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Message: <blockquote data-quote="imhotep" data-source="post: 30636174" data-attributes="member: 562115">Yes.. It's supposedly written by Sir Baden Powell in the first scout jamboree in 1920. He served in Africa (British Army) and knew African languages.This song is a just nonsense but anyone could sing whatever their mother tongue is.It's said to refer to an elephant who returns every year to damage the crops in "What-Cha" village. "Ging-Ganga", is the village leader and "Ha-la-shay", the medicine man. The medicine man and his follower villagers made the sound "Shally-Wally" to scare the elephant.</blockquote>

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