I got a dirge stuck on my head<\/p>\n
And it is not a happy feeling<\/p>\n
A thousand mourners marching through the lines ,<\/p>\n
On the cornrows my mother painstakingly made.<\/p>\n
Of wool from the from the akwete weavers<\/p>\n
Who weaved gay palmfronds on a happy soil.<\/p>\n
And royals having their elephant ride.<\/p>\n
And the great blacksmiths of eri, the proud craftsmen of old.<\/p>\n
Giving ancient orders that the iron obeys.<\/p>\n
The land was happy and rich and proud.<\/p>\n
But now it hides its head in shame.<\/p>\n
The akwete weavers now dye their wool in blood.<\/p>\n
Well the indigo wells did dry up and the rivers stopped.<\/p>\n
And the blackmiths fire is covered in ash.<\/p>\n
Little wonder this dirge remains unstuck,<\/p>\n
And the mourners won’t give up their perpetual march,<\/p>\n
On the cornrows my mother painstakingly made.<\/p>\n
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