The Karoo (a Khoisan word of uncertain etymology) is a semi-desert natural region of South Africa. Its inland section, the Nama Karoo, has two main sub-regions - the Great Karoo in the north and the Little Karoo in the south. The western section is the Succulent Karoo, situated in a winter rainfall region near the Atlantic coast.
In geological terms the Karoo Supergroup refers to an extensive and geologically recent (100 to 260 million years old) sequence of sedimentary and igneous rocks, which is flanked to the south by the Cape Supergroup, and to the north by the more ancient Witwatersrand Supergroup. It covers two-thirds of South Africa and extends in places to 8,000 m below the land surface, constituting an immense volume of rocks which was formed, geologically speaking, in a short period of time.
Extinct Karoo vertebrates
The Great Karoo has an area of more than 400,000 square kilometers. From a geological point of view it has been a vast inland basin for most of the past 250 million years. At one stage the area was glaciated and the evidence for this is found in the widely-distributed Dwyka tillite. Later, at various times, there were great inland deltas, seas, lakes or swamps. Enormous deposits of coal formed and these are one of the pillars of the economy of South Africa today. Ancient reptiles and amphibians prospered in the wet forests and their remains have made the Karoo famous amongst palaeontologists. About 180 million years ago, volcanic activity took place on a titanic scale, which brought an end to a flourishing reptile evolution. The following genera represent some of the extinct animals of the Karoo:
Stand up and be counted, for you are not alone
The white man came and left you without a home
Moneto is calling, he hears the rage in your heart
And fire in your eyes sets you apart
High on a misty mountain, looking down at us
We're fighting and dying for our foolish lust
Tecumsen you were hiding your soul in the past
But the sorrow in your heart fooled everyone of us
CHORUS: Wherever you are, wherever you go
If you call, I will follow
Wherever you are, whatever you do
If you fall, I'm right beside you
And though they're gone forever, the memories remain
Beyond the great wide open
Lies an endless plain
Ancient bones have turned to dust, those who dies in vain
The mighty rivers and mountains
Still bear witness to the past
CHORUS
I'm alone again, I wonder if I've lost a friend
I'm alone again, I wonder if this time it's the end
I'm alone again, standing looking down over the edge
I'm alone again, frightened what I'll find under the bed
I'm blown by the wind, I'm blown by the wind
I'm alone again, I heard a little voice inside my head
I'm alone again, without you might as well be dead
I'm blown by the wind, I'm blown by the wind
I saw her on the playground down by the school
Teaching all the children the golden rules
Reading them poetry, picking them flowers
Telling them stories about little pink houses
Playing hide-and-go-seek in the rain
In a world of their own little game
Ring-a-ring-a-rosies, we all fall down
A pocket full of posies, and a flower from a clown
CHORUS:
Mission Impossible
Unbelievable
Someone so beautiful is some else's girl
Mission Impossible
Unforgettable
Someone so beautiful is someone else's girl
Lying on the grass painting pictures in the sky
A whole new universe goes flying by
The world is turning, there's a bird up above
The sun is shining on a field of love
CHORUS (x2)
There's a little red fox in the corner
Of a field by a country lane
She's looking out, she's a mother
She's got five cubs at play
She looks left and she looks right
There's nothing coming her way
She's scared to cross over
Cuase she lost her mate that way
Through bored conversation
For a little harmless fun
For fun and recreation
To run her big white horse
The lady of the manor
All dressed in red and grey
Amidst the hounds and the laughter
She set the hunt away
The little red fox in the corner
Of a field by a country lane
Heard the sound of disaster
Decided to play their game
She stepped up on an old stone wall
That ran along the way
Till she came to an old hollow willow tree
That her mate showed her one day
She jumped up and hid inside
And waited till they came
And milled around in confusion
Lost interest and went away
There's a little red fox in the corner
Of a field by a country lane
She's looking out, she's a mother
She's got five cubs at play