The 18 songs in this chapter are distinguished from songs in Chapters 7 and 8 by their texts, which are in almost all cases drawn from Sotho authors, and are intensely personal. They are the most ‘literary’ of Moerane's songs, as it were. He was very well-read in Sesotho and English literature, as has been shown. Thirteen songs are for SATB: ‘Mitsa-Mahosi (A Call To Kings), Barali Ba Jerusalema (Daughters of Jerusalem), Della, Hoja Ke Nonyana (If I Were a Bird), Khati (Skipping Game), Lebili (Wheel), Likhohlo (Gorges), Mahakoe (Jewels), Monyaka Oa Pelo (A Joyful Heart), Naleli Ka ‘Ngoe (One Star at a Time), Paki Ha Li Eo (No Witnesses), Satane A Tšeha (Le Joeleputsoa) (The Devil Laughed (Johannesburg)) and Sylvia. Five are for SAA: Lia Qhomaqhoma (They Frolic), Mohokare (The Caledon River), Ngeloi La Me (My Angel), Ntsoaki (a girl's name) and Paka-Mahlomola (Creator of Sorrow).

Because they are so diverse in their musical character and textual themes, I group and discuss these works according to the authors of the poems that Moerane drew upon. Bennett Makalo Khaketla is the poet for five songs: ‘Mitsa-Mahosi (A Call To Kings), Khati, Lia Qhomaqhoma, Likhohlo and Monyaka Oa Pelo. The work of Khaketla's wife, ‘Masechele Caroline Ntseliseng, is used in one song, Hoja Ke Nonyana. Five songs are based on poems by Kemuel Edward Ntsane: Ngeloi La Me, Mohokare, Paka-Mahlomola, Paki Ha Li Eo and Satana A Tšeha (Le Joe-leputsoa). ‘Mabasiea Jeannette Mahalefele is the poet whose work is used for Ntsoaki. The words of Barali Ba Jerusalema are from the Old Testament's ‘Song of Songs’. Della uses a poem by the Xhosa poet, Sampson Synor Mputa, and Moerane himself wrote the lyrics for Mahakoe and Sylvia. Moerane rarely uses an original poem in its entirety, preferring to extract verses that must have inspired his musical sensibilities.