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African Boy

by Pat Orchard

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I am on the right, my brother Edward on the left.
The wheelbarrow was called the Titanic.
Accra in Ghana 1962

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AFRICAN BOY

How soon, how soon
Will you find your harvest moon
To reap all you’ve sown
Rise to the skies or a sinner
Sink like a stone.

Life as a river a cliche I know
But time will deliver the truth to the old
And I hear a rhythm a drum from my past
As all down the river the stays tap the masts

African Boy every toy you enjoy you could make
African Boy you and me running free ‘till daybreak.

Down by the shoreline I’m skipping the stones in the brine
Reflected in water my daughter and son devine.
The Cremyll Ferry is casting away from the Hard
Past the have and the have yachts of the Royal William Yard

Sierra Leone you were my home
Ghana Accra how colourful you are
Zambian sights all Copper and Malachite
African Boy
Englishman

You and me boy
You and me boy
African Boy

How soon, how soon
Will you find your harvest moon.


© Pat Orchard 2021

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released November 13, 2021

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Pat Orchard England, UK

Newborn. Africa. Child. Rebelled.
Exmouth. School. Fool. Expelled.

Homeless. Drifter. Dole. Broke.
Guitar. Busker. Dreamer. Hope.

Support. Headline. MTV.
Touted. Guest list. VIP.

No Deal - Big Deal. Life's a Song.
My Voice. My Choice. Moving On.

Goodbye Smoke. Westward Bound.
Devon. Heaven. Ancient Ground.

Builder. Home. Catherine. Wife.
Fern. Dylan. Father. Life
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