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Um baba, um baba, um baba â Um baba, um baba um
âThe day is bright. The sun is hot.
I fear it will grow hotter
My brow is wet. My mouth is dry.
Child go and fetch some water.
Go through the bush and there youâll find the riverâ
Um baba, um baba, um baba â Um baba, um baba um
So the girl set out with jug on head,
Glad to please her father
Remembering the words he said,
âPlease go and fetch some waterâ
So she went through the bush⦠past a coconut tree
⦠( response: but she did not see the river )
Then she came to a swamp and met a little frog
( response )
On she went past a snake pit
( response )
Across the plains she saw an elephant
( response )
Then she looked up and saw an egret flying
( response )
On she wentâ¦. through the dry sandâ¦â¦..
Then the sand got muddyâ¦â¦
It got real wetâ¦â¦
She found stepping stonesâ¦â¦.
Which led her to the river
So she took the jug. She filled it up high
Put it on her head and let her feet flyâ¦..
Over the stepping stonesâ¦.etc
(Go through list in reverse)
â¦Back through her village to her little grass hut
Took the jug off her head but ALAS! Not a drop of water
She had run too fast and it had all spilled out
So before her father could see herâ¦sheâ¦.
Ran through the village â through the bush
(go through forward sequence again)
â¦which, again, led her to the river
So she took the jug. She filled it up high
Put it on her head. But this time her feet didnât fly
She walked slowly nowâ¦..over the stepping stones
(reverse order again)
â¦Back through the village to her little grass hut.
Took the jug off her head and gave it to her father.
And her father picked up the jug and drank from it
And he said, âOh blessed child, I thank you so â
And you did not spill ONE DROP of water!
The father was very pleased and this made the girlâ¦.
HAPPY!
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