She'll hand to you a stick of sandalwood   A little smile and then she'll disappear   Back into a crowd of happy people   Looking like they never came from here      Strange thing, gathering of tribes   Strange thing, gathering of tribes      Macedonian and a pilot comes   A' laughing at a German jest or joke   A friendly motorcycle angel comes   To sit and talk awhile and share a smoke      Strange thing, gathering of tribes   Strange thing, gathering of tribes      Pretty little whirling butterfly   All the prettiest girls go dancing by   Caught up in the sound of talking drums   Lost herself out in the wheel of sound      Strange thing, gathering of tribes   Strange thing, gathering of tribes