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1. clouds rain river willows rushes weeds pool slime water depths

2. The owners of the beast peer over and down into them They open out the rushes and willows They think they are looking right into the pool It is the pool into which the beast has disappeared… The crocodile stays down in the weeds with the beast It is still down in the dark pool with it It is the one that cannot be drowned of Mmamolemana Crocodile that must not be poked with a reed, though born in the reeds Cruel one, killer whilst laughing, The crocodile is the laughing teeth that kill Sotho (Northern Transvaal) The crocodile is the invoker of the waters of rain The black one of the pool The black one of lying on the water slime It is the crocodile of the pool The biter I go about seeking for prey Son of the father of pools to whom tribute is paid Tribute to the lords of the rivers To the lords of the rivers, the hippo and the crocodile The great torrents of rain will come thundering down It is the black crocodile of the pool The crocodile that drags down a beast into the depths It drags the beast into the dark depths The crocodile has jammed the beast down in a fork It has taken the beast into the dark depths