A Decent Cameroon Boy
A Decent Cameroon Boy
Children's Song
Boy Sings:
"I left my home in Kumba
'Twas many years ago
I left my home in Kumba
Where palm trees and coconuts grow
Before I left from Kumba, it was already my plan;
To let everybody know that I'm a decent Cameroon boy."
Girls Sing:
"Hello, passing figure."
Boy:
"You can hear the girls remark."
Girls:
"Hello, passing figure, you're the apple of my eye.
You're a decent boy from Kumba, that no-one can deny,
Decent hero, decent fellow, decent Cameroon boy."
Boy Sings:
"If there is one amongst you who wishes to marry me,
I'll take her to my little home across the Duala sea.
Before I left from Kumba, it was already my plan*
To let everybody know that I'm a decent Cameroon boy."
Girls Sing:
"Hello, passing figure."
Boy:
"You can hear the girls are crying."
Girls:
"Hello, passing figure, you're the apple of my eye.
You're a decent boy from Kumba, that no-one can deny,
Decent hero, decent fellow, decent Cameroon boy."
Notes
*Or "It has always been my plan."
Note from Nyango: "It can be a decent boy from Kumba, or Douala or Yaounde or any other of our lovely Cameroonian towns and cities :-)"
Many thanks to Nyango M. Nambangi of the Minnesota African Women's Association for contributing this song and for singing it for us.
