Songs sung in the days of sail when the off-watch sailors gathered in the forecastle for entertainment. Name probably comes from the fore bitts on the forecastle around which they sat.
Zingoma ezaziculwa ngeentsuku zokuhamba ngolwandle xa oomatiloshe bedibene kwinqaba engaphambili. Eli gama mhlawumbi lisukela kwiipali ezomeleleyo zokubophelela ezingaphambili kwinqaba apho sihlaliswa khona.