African Lullaby

Traditional

Someone would like to have you for her child

but you are mine.

Someone would like to rear you on a costly mat

but you are mine.

Someone would like to place you on a camel blanket

but you are mine.

I have you to rear on a torn old mat.

Someone would like to have you as her child

but you are mine.

This poem was copied into a collection of poetry by the Artis children in 2003.

Page created July 11, 2008. Anne Pemberton. Updated Sunday, September 12, 2010 . AP.

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