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Translation
The adventurer
Lost in the valley of hell
the hero is called Bob Morane
On the track of the Yellow Shadow1
The vilain is called Mr Kali Jones.
Together with this good old Bill Ballantine2
escaping the crocodiles by an inch.
Stop the Caribean smuggling
A stopover in operation Nadaweib3
Soft-hearted in miss Clarke4 's bed
held captive by the sultan of Jarawak.
Wading in terror in Manikwagan5
Isolated in the Burmese jungle
Throwing the buccaneers to jail,
the foe is confounded.
The necklace of Shiva has been stolen,
the Maradjah will take responsibility.
(chorus)
And suddently appears, facing the wind,
the true all-time hero.
Bob Morane against all rascals
The adventurer against all warriors
Bob Morane against all rascals
The adventurer against all warriors
Drifting aboard the sampang
The Ylalang6-scented adventure.
His nickname: "Sun Samurai"
as he takes down the gang of the archipelago.
An hostage of Dr Xathan7's warriors,
he will always escape in time.
As the lonely adventurer,
Bob Morane rules the Earth.
(chorus)
- 1. the arch-enemy of Bob Morane. An Asian crazy scientist of the Fu-Manchu kind
- 2. The ubiquitous sidekick, of the good hearted brute kind. Named after a famous whisky brand
- 3. Could not find a reference for this one
- 4. a very fleeting romantic interest of Bob Morane. Note that the books are meant to be readable by kids and contain no explicit scenes of any kind
- 5. a few episodes take place in various fictional African countries
- 6. Mrs Ylalang is another recurrent villain. The femme fatale kind, with an Asian twist
- 7. a 2nd rate villain, yet again of the mad scientist kind
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