Cereal chorus.Wagemin! wagemin!
Thief in the blade,
Blight of the cornfield
Paimosaid.
Recitative.Wabuma![16] corn-taker, why do you lag?
None but the stars see you—fill up your bag!
Why do you linger to gaze as you pull,
Tell me, my little man, is it most full?
A-tia![17] see, a red spot on the leaf,
Surely a warrior cannot be a thief!