The Boatman Poem by Jesus Diaz Llorico

'As told by my grandmother
over and over again
and almost every night
when I was a small boy

one day as the boatman
was silently wading in the river
he heard lady voices from afar
giggling and singing happily
he crept unnoticed in the trees
and found the group of angels
bathing happily in the river
he was so amazed at what he saw
he decided to hide one of the wings
that when they finished their bath
one of the angels was left behind
she was forced to lived with the boatman
eventually as time went on
and the boatman being good and responsible
they both lived as husband and wife
and the angel conceived a baby
they named catalina dilingkitan
as another year passed
it seems they lived a happy life
one day as the boatman went on fishing
the angel happened to look under the cooking pot
and found her wings hidden by the boatman
she put on her wings
left the house and flew over the boatman singing...

mr. boatman, mr. boatman
our baby catalina dilingkitan
is sleeping soundly in our house
I left her milk at the plate
under the hammock bed.'