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Yebo Mama walking by the river a bucket on her head will she go for a swim today or go on home instead

Yebo Mama four kids around her feet a booth in the market place no time to feel alone he's been gone so long can't remember his face

Yebo Mama off to the funeral she's wearing her Sunday's best it's now the new social occasion as they lay their loves to rest

Yebo Mama you have yourselves a king and his fourteen wives he's forgotten about the bucket and he doesn't know or hear your cries

Yebo Mama you remember the day the white man came thought he was god to the ocean forcing it to by the rain

Yebo Mama the sun's going down the pot's on the flame you know it's hard to point a finger at a face without a name

Yebo Mama please keep going your the heart and the hand of a country with its head chopped off and blood that soaks the land

Yebo Mama walking by the river a bucket on her head will she go for a swim today or go on home instead

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from What the River Gave the Boat, released August 7, 2008

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Mark Berube Montréal, Québec

Montreal based singer/songwriter. Band includes Kristina Koropecki (Cello/Autoharp/Voice)

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