Something has happened to me
The things so great that I cannot weep;
I have no sons to fire the gun when I die
And no daughters to wail when I close my mouth
I have wondered on the wilderness
The great wilderness men call life
The rain has beaten me,
And the sharp stumps cut as keen as knives
I shall go beyond and rest
I have no kin and no brother,
Death has made war upon our house;
And Peprah's great household is no more
Only the broken fence stands;
And those who dared not look in his face
Have come out as men
How well their pride is with them
Let those gone before take note
They have treated their offsprings badly.
What is the wailing for?
Somebody is dead. Adu Peprah himself
Daddy! A snake has bitten me
My right arm is broken,
And the tree on which I lean has fallen
Adu Peprah, if you go tell them
Tell Kwame Peprah, Ama Onyame and Essah Peprah
That they have done us evil;
Tell them their house is falling
And the trees in the fence
Have been eaten by termites;
That the martels curse them
Ask them why they idle there
While we suffer, and sand,
And the crow and the vulture
Hover always above our broken fences
And strangers walk over our portion
Rest in perfect peace 😥
**Mr Charles Essah Peprah**
**Dr Hayford Adu Peprah**
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