Dere’s de
river
Toll n’ black.
Watch ‘er
comin’,
Hurry back.
Small de fire
As it grow,
Embers comin’
Bettah blow.
People hungah,
Sufferin’
times.
Winter’s
bitteh
Cold done
crime.
As de spring
Warms de feet
War a
travelin’,
Drums a beat.
Men gone
fightin’
Pride to ea’n.
Homeland
burnin’
No retu’n.
Land gone
wasted.
Mothers’ cry,
Babes ah
howlin’
Through de
nigh’.
Sword done
slain
Fathers’ chest.
Soaked in
embers
Burnin’ vest.
Wars a fire,
Let it burn.
River’s flooded,
Red done turn.
