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SONGS AND RHYMES

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 CONTENTS
TOPIC PAGE

SONGS 4-12

RHYMES 13-18

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 SONGS

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 Mother
Mother cooking in the kitchen
Mother cooking in the kitchen

Daddy is watering in the garden

Daddy is watering in the garden

Sister
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 Sister is sweeping the house
Sister is sweeping the house

Brother
Brother herding cattle
Brother herding cattle

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 5 jelly fish swimming in a dish
(wiki waka, wiki waka)
1 jelly out.
4 jelly fish swimming in the dish
(wiki waka, wiki waka)
1jelly out.
3 jelly fish swimming in the dish
(wiki waka, wiki waka)

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 1jelly out.
2 jelly fish swimming in the dish
(wiki waka, wiki waka)
1 jelly out.
1 jelly fish swimming in the dish
(wiki waka, wiki waka)
1 jelly out.
No jelly fish swimming in the
dish

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 Shelter shelter,
I need shelter
You need shelter.
Shelter for warmth,
Shelter for protection
Shelter for shed
We all need shelter

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 COLOURS, COLOURS
EVERYWHERE COLOURS
GREEN
FOR VEGETATION
YELLOW
FOR MINERALS
RED FOR BLOOD
BLACK FOR MAJORITY
WHITE FOR PEACE

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 BATA MUSORO, UYU UMWE
WACHO HAPANA.
BATA ZISO IRI RIMWE RACHO
IRI.
BATA RUOKO URWU, RUMWE
RWACHO URWU.
BATA NZEVE IYI, IMWE YACHO
IYI.
BATA MHINO IYI, IMWE
YACHO HAPANA.
BATA HURO IYI, IMWE YACHO
HAPANA.

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 BATA GUMBO IRI, RIMWE
RACHO IRI.
BATA DUMBU IRI, RIMWE
RACHO HAPANA.
BATA MUSANA UYU, UMWE
WACHO HAPANA
BATA HUMA IYI IMWE YACHO
HAPANA

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 RHYMES

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 EVERYDAY I PICK UP MY
SHIRT,
WASH OUT ALL THE
DIRTY
AND DO ALL I CAN
FOR SOON I WILL BE A
MAN

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 AT SCHOOL I LISTEN
WELL IN CLASS
FOR MY MOTHER WANTS
ME TO PASS
AND MY DADDY WILL
NOT MAKE A FUSS
WHEN MY GRADES ARE
WITH A PLUS

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 WHEN THE BABY BEGINS
TO CRY
MUMMY WILL BY ALL
MEANS TRY
TO HOLD THE BABY IN
HER PALM
UNTIL A TIME WHEN THE
BABY IS CALM

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 WITH MY EAR, I CAN
HEAR
CATTLE IN THE KRALL
KETTLE ON THE FIRE
WITH MY EYES, I CAN
TRY
TO SEE VERY FAR
SOMEONE’S CAR

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 IF I WERE A BIRD, I
WOULD SING A SONG
AND FLY ABOUT THE
WHOLE DAY LONG
AND WHEN THE NIGHT
CAME
GO TO REST, UP IN MY
LITTLE NEST

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