I Walk The Street With My Ethiopian Lilies

I walk the streets with my Ethiopian lilies,

My father's father was a poor man

as was my father

and so am I

Today, I still have all my Ethiopian lilies

I walked the streets all day long,

but have sold not one

I am no man of great culture, taste

or wisdom

I believe in god

And I once did work the land,

but through all the time,

I walked the streets with my Ethiopian lilies

I came to love theses flowers

I learned, they come from the banks of a great river,

called the Nile,

that flows through many lands

that is why their name is Ethopian lily,

some like to call them Calla

I walk the streets with my Ethiopian lilies,

do not laugh at me

that's what I do in life

and I have just waited for you

to buy a single one, or may be too

so my son would eat tonight.

In memory of an unknown man from I bought once 10 Ethiopian lilies instead of one.