It takes a whole village lyrics?

Answer 1

It's an Up with People song!

"Papa's out in the field;

Mama's down at the well;

Grandma's away at the market

With manioc to sell.

A neighbor is watching the children,

they're playing out on the path

an old man comes along and tells them a story,

he always makes them laugh

And he says, when you go down by the river,

watch out for those crocodile!

You see, in Africa the old saying goes:

It takes a whole village to raise a child

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Een-a cha-kura k-geegee k-zima cum-la-ah-mm-toto*

The world is a village now,

and it isn't very large

it's a struggle just for survival

and families are working so hard

And who is watching the children

in front of the big t.v.?

And who's helping them to understand

everything that they see?

Who's going to sit down with them

and listen for a while?

You see, in Africa the old saying does:

It's takes a whole village to raise a child

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Een-a cha-kura k-geegee k-zima cum-la-ah-mm-toto

Weave them a dream, tell them a tale

teach them to read, hammer a nail

Uncles and aunts, parents and teachers

sisters big brothers, neighbors, shop keepers

It's takes a whole village to raise a child

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Een-a cha-kura k-geegee k-zima cum-la-ah-mm-toto

x4

* This is the phonetic spelling of the Swahili proverb of the same name, "it takes a village to raise a child"

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