Poem/ song I am Alarinjo

[Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth]

Alarinjo poem song
I am Alarinjo
I am a Dance merchant
I have got a hair cut
One half is bald
I have a haircut from
the Palace at
Ile ife
I Don a top
Of tye and dye
A top
Of Adire
I Dance in kembe
The king of trousers
I Dance in kembe
Baba sokoto!

I danced in sokoto
I got a feather! I got a feather
From the daughter of sultan
She said you can dance!
Dance Alarinjo!
DANCE Alarinjo
I Danced in calabar
I got a hoe and a canoe
I danced in oyo
I got beads and carvings of calabash
And robes of golden threads
I danced in Asero
There was an ovation
It went right though
The ozone Layer
I woke the Pharaoh !
Right there in Cairo
I am Alarinjo
I have danced on my hands
I have danced on my fingers
I can dance
On one finger
I am ikoto!