Poor Little Umkolwane

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Once a little pair of hornbills Met in a forest glade Built a nest in the tree tops And four eggs they laid Mother hornbill sat there Father searched for food To feed the mother hornbil Life was kind and good Poor little Umkolwane Sitting on her nest alone Poor little Umkolwane Nobody else was home While the mother hornbill sat there Along came a handsome bird Said, why do you sit there To wait there is absurd Husband he has left you Now he's flying free Come and leave your nest now Fly away with me Poor little Umkolwane Sitting on her nest alone Poor little Umkolwane Flew down from her home Home came the father hornbill Exhausted from his flight Found his wife was missing Wondered about her plight Thought she had been taken Thought she had been killed Sat and hatched the eggs out Duty was fulfilled Wise old ground hornbills saw that treachery Warned all other hornbills nest in a hollow tree Seal your wives in and close them up with clay Feed them through a small slit so they won't get away Poor little Umkolwane Sitting on her nest alone Poor little Umkolwane Prisoner in her home