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MESA TRIBE
THERE'S A MESA IN THE DESERT
WHERE INDIANS LIVE ON TOP
THERE'S A TRAIL THAT LEADS TO THE BOTTOM
WHERE THEY GET WATER AND PLANT A CROP
THEY'RE PRETTY SAFE FROM DANGER
THEIR PONIES LIVE UP THERE TOO.
THEIR HOMES ARE MADE OF ADOBE BRICK
UNDER A SKY OF BLUE.
THEY HAVE ADOBE OVENS, TO DO THEIR COOKING IN.
THE MESA STRETCHES A GOOD LONG MILE
THE CHIEF IS HEAD OF THE TRIBE
THEY'VE BEEN THERE A LONG, LONG WHILE
THE MEN GO DOWN TO GO HUNTING
THE WOMEN PLANT THE CORN
THEY HAUL WATER FROM A LITTLE STREAM,
FROM EARLY IN THE MORN.
THEY LEAD A VERY SIMPLE LIFE
IT'S HARD FROM THE VERY START
BUT THEY'RE CONTENT TO LIVE THERE
WITH EVERYONE DOING THEIR PART.
Copyright © Shirley Sasek
2010.
WHERE INDIANS LIVE ON TOP
THERE'S A TRAIL THAT LEADS TO THE BOTTOM
WHERE THEY GET WATER AND PLANT A CROP
THEY'RE PRETTY SAFE FROM DANGER
THEIR PONIES LIVE UP THERE TOO.
THEIR HOMES ARE MADE OF ADOBE BRICK
UNDER A SKY OF BLUE.
THEY HAVE ADOBE OVENS, TO DO THEIR COOKING IN.
THE MESA STRETCHES A GOOD LONG MILE
THE CHIEF IS HEAD OF THE TRIBE
THEY'VE BEEN THERE A LONG, LONG WHILE
THE MEN GO DOWN TO GO HUNTING
THE WOMEN PLANT THE CORN
THEY HAUL WATER FROM A LITTLE STREAM,
FROM EARLY IN THE MORN.
THEY LEAD A VERY SIMPLE LIFE
IT'S HARD FROM THE VERY START
BUT THEY'RE CONTENT TO LIVE THERE
WITH EVERYONE DOING THEIR PART.
Copyright © Shirley Sasek
2010.
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