AWAY FROM YOUR LIFE IN CAMP ……
……THE HECTIC VILLAGE LIFE GOES ON
Shoe-Shine boys sleep |
Women fetch water |
The gentry never walk anywhere | But the children must work |
Men sit around playing games
| While catlle graze, the farmers rest |
A bicyle needs repairs
| And a field needs ploughing |
Donkey grazes, while men do nothing
| Yes, more men just doing nothing |
Snakes are charmed
| And camels are ridden |
But the poor donkey carries the heavy load | And just keeps on going |
The Bum Boats await the next ship to dock
| While Market Day brings in quite a crowd |
Everyone and everything shares the water | be it for drinking or washing or laundry |
Irrigation system
| Scholars meet |