<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=365796" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Mumbo Jumbo</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">They came from the land of Jumbo, <br>Crossed the sea in their little boats, <br>Carried their wives and children here<br>In anything that would float, <br>They wanted the sort of freedoms we<br>Had always had for our own, <br>Would we be able to squeeze them in<br>And welcome them into our home? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">They brought all their bags and baggage, <br>A thousand years of despair, <br>When life had been such a hardship<br>In the jungles of - 'Out there! '<br>We offered the hand of friendship, <br>They took it, and came right in, <br>Along with their prophet Mumbo<br>Who they carried right under their skin! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">They settled in little pockets, <br>They kept themselves to their own, <br>Objected to learning the language that<br>Was spoken in their new home, <br>The women were covered from head to foot<br>And walked three feet behind, <br>Freedom for them was just a word -<br>They could search, but couldn't find! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">They brought their own witch doctors<br>And scorned the likes of ours, <br>They told them we were an evil race<br>With our wealth, beliefs and powers, <br>They prayed to the prophet Mumbo<br>Said his word should be the law, <br>Ignored the law of the nation that<br>Had welcomed them to its shore.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They hated our celebrations, <br>And tried to get us to stop, <br>And we, like the village idiots<br>Accepted the culture shock, <br>We tried so hard to please them, <br>That we lost what once we had, <br>The freedom to criticize them<br>Or their customs, good or bad.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Our laws have turned against us, <br>We tread on tippy-toe, <br>We might not like how it's going<br>But we wouldn't want them to know.<br>The tension here is building<br>As our freedoms run like sand, <br>In this land of Mumbo Jumbo<br>We may have to make a stand! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">8 January 2010</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=David+Lewis+Paget">David Lewis Paget</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=365796" data-title="Mumbo Jumbo de David Lewis Paget" data-description="They came from the land of Jumbo, Crossed the sea in their little boats, Carried their wives and children here In anything that would float, They wanted the sort of freedoms we Had always had for our own, Would we be able to squeeze them in An..."></div> </div> </div>

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