Sowshallism   is a wise ole shephad   im suvvie tru flood   tru drout   tru blizad      somme people seh   im a two hundred an odd years ole   addah people seh   notn noh goh soh   dat im a jus seventy odd years ole   some seh im is a ghost   some seh im is a sage   but nohbady noh really know   im riteful age ar whey im come fram      fateful is im flock   from di ewe to di ram to di Iam   rite tru tick an tin   dem mostly cling to im   awftah all   noh im guide an sheltah an proteck dem ?   ( sometime a dem haffi proteck im dow   like ow a dem haffi proteck im now )      look ow im stretch out pan im back   pan di brown grass   di white hair pan im branze hed   like a kushan gense di weepin willow tree   lookin bedraggled an tin   like seh life done wid im   like seh im is totally at peace widin      noh baddah goh feel sarry fi im   ar goh tink poor ting   nat a ting noh dhu im   all dat really happn   is dat due to di heat a di time   like lickle bwoy blue im drap asleep   an a dream bout lickle bow peep      an wan an two a im flock dem drif a way   while di addah ism dem   jus a watch an a peep   jus a crawl an a creep   an noh baddah ask if dem naw mek fun   fi canfuse an cansume all di stray dem      but evryting is jus fi a time   soon di flack wi tek a stack an surmise   ow far fram di fole dem a stray   wen dem site ow di pack jus a staak dem   dem wi come back togeddah wance agen   an shephad di sage to a highah graun   whichpawt di graas is greenah an sweetah   whichpawt di breeze blow is like a balm   whichpawt di stream run quietah an coolah   whichpawt life can pleasant can be calm