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The Old Woman's Song
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W. H. I. Bleek
Specimens of Bushman Folklore
George Allen & Company, Ltd, London
1911
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The Old Woman’s Song: age, memory, sorrow, endurance, wisdom, voice
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The Old Woman's Song
The old Woman sings; goes singing along; sings as she goes; the old Woman sings as she goes along about the Hyena-
"The old she Hyena,
The old she Hyena,
Was carrying off the old Woman from the old hut;
The old Woman in this manner,
She sprang aside,
She arose,
She beat the Hyena.
The Hyena, herself,
The Hyena killed the Hyena."
Second Version.
The old she Hyena,
The old she Hyena,
Was carrying off the old Woman,
As the old Woman lay in the old hut.
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