literature

The Dark Tower V Commala poems

When Roland danced at the town meeting place in Calla Bryne Sturgis:
Come-come-commala
Rice come a-alla
I-sissa ‘ay a-bralla
Dey come a-folla
Down come a-rivva
Or-i-za we kivva
Rice be a green-o
See all we seen-o
See-o the green-o
Come-come-commala!
Come-come-commala
Rice come a-falla
Deep inna walla
Grass come-commala
Under the sky-o
Grass green n high-o
Girl n her fella
Lie down togetha
They slippy ‘ay slide-o
Under ‘ay sky-o
Come-come-commala
Rice come a-falla!

When Andy was leading the town’s children down the street before the great battle:
ANDY
Commala-come-one!
Mamma hada a son
Dass-a time ‘at Daddy
Had d’mos’ fun!
CHORUS
Commala-come-come!
Daddy had one
Dass-a time ‘at Mommy
Had d’mos’ fun!