Orere Of Ejigbo Poem by Chukwuebuka Adebayo

Rise! , All to the front!
Get out! , Gather all bullets and arrows
And watch out for cat with nine tails
There's a beautiful lady in the next town
Her hairs are gold and skin is brown
Any of her requests is what you all must do.


She's all you'll bring for me
She's all Elejigbo need to marry.
I'm ready to get her, if everything i'll lose
There's trick for the fox and a spell for the goose
Dusts for the deads and confetti for survivors
It's a journey of many miles and many moons

We'll match out, the king has ordered
We will do just Ewa has commanded
We're following Ewa home to ejigbo
We're cutting every forest for her to pass
All for me to meet my lover,
King Orere of ejigbo! Orere of ejigbo! !


We'll match out, the king has ordered
We will do just Ewa has commanded
We're emptying this wide running river
We're lifting Ewa up on our shoulders
All for me to meet my lover,
King Orere of ejigbo! Orere of ejigbo! !


We'll match out, the king has ordered
We will do just Ewa has commanded
We're moving away this high mountain
We're leveling it for Ewa to pass through
All for me to meet my lover,
King Orere of ejigbo! Orere of ejigbo! ! .

We'll match out, the king has ordered
We will do just Ewa has commanded
We're walking into the market square
We're cutting down every young and old
I need nobody to bug my walk to the palace
King Orere of ejigbo! Orere of ejigbo! ! .


Stop! warriors! please! , the killing!
She's my mother, he's my father
Stop! warriors! please! , the killing!
I'm the king! and this is the palace!
But its your order and her command
King Orere of ejigbo! , orere of ejigbo! !