The Games We Played As Kids

I’d like to tell you of this game Don’t try this, you won’t be the same And if you get hurt, I’m not to blame We played it in Zimbabwe, 29 kids and me For those who cannot add 29 + 1 equals 30 The game we played was called “Kenakee” This consisted of one 2x4 for a bat You’ll be surprised what we hit with that A stick four inches long, one inch thick Sharpened like a pencil on both sides to do this trick We’d lay the sharp stick on the ground With the 2x4 hit one sharp end striking down And if you do it right it should flick in the air Then quickly with the 2x4 hit it but beware For if you miss you out But that not what the game’s all about You have fifteen kids waiting to catch the stick I think some of them were as thick as the stick If they caught it then the whole team was out If it drops on the floor, you carried on with out a doubt The reason we played this I still don’t know why How we never ended up loosing an eye So don’t play this game or you will see The bloody thing stuck in my forehead and you’ll look like me