The Didgeridoo

Oh! When I hear that precious sound!

Oh! When I hear that precious sound!

Oh! When I feel that majestic sound!

I want to scream!

I want to shout!

I want to run and jump and shout

I want to break out of all boundaries

I want to run out into the desert

On sunbaked and dry earth

And shout to the earth and wind

And say, I am here, talk to me!

Tell me something I don't know

Tell me something I should know

I want t dance and tap my feet

Hard and firm on the earth

And Mother Earth will say

'Thank you for scratching that itch on my back

I have been waiting for somebody to do that for ages now!

- Ibironke Lardner, circa 2010