AFRICAN GIRL

African Girl (by Sian Albright)

African girl,
Make breakfast tea sweet potatoes,
Dry maize millet in the stores
Go to the river down the hill,
Please make it fast the earlier the better,
Cook lunch for the boys and your father,
What you made was little cook another,
Wash the dishes feed the chicken go to the posho,
After bathing the children make dinner
Sweet ugali and managu
Because they village chief Mr. Kiragu,
Will be visiting us for an important talk,
You know African girl you have a fast ticking clock,
And a man like he wants someone beautiful,
And a man like he is wants someone beautiful,
He is wealthy and will pay 13 heifers and a bull,
African girl African girl,
Who will tell you about school?