Sandy's Say: Tutu Much
Why does Sandy James’s mum act like a warrior warring?
My mum sometimes gabbles on in Zulu.
I've even known her to ululate.
I think she feels she's Desmond Tutu
And that my lunch and dinner plate
Should be heaped with crumbly phuthu.
This could be cool and great
If we were in Ixopo or Umzimkulu
But, come on, I live in Sydney, mate.
My friends think she's a little cuckoo.
I dread music with a drumming beat.
Quick! Switch it off because she's liable
To kick up her legs and stamp her feet
And come across all weird and tribal.
She thumps her imaginary shield
And slaps her upper thigh
She thinks she's on the battlefield
Charging with an assegai.
Oh Lord, please don't let her go too far.
In Africa they do it all without a bra.
Why must she act the warrior warring?
Why can't she be like other Aussie mums
And just be - well- a little boring?
