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 </div><p></p>There came a time when courage was lost,<br>
And fear gripped the elephants and ants of the Ijesa people.<br>
Then it seemed un-borns will jump out of wombs,<br>
And barrens might be forced to accept their fates.<br>
The gods have to be consulted.<br>
Yes, the gods!<br>
Those who see what ordinary eyes could not.
<p>On the first whip of the Ifa cowries,<br>
There it displays…<br>
‘A saviour will come’…<br>
A saviour, Orisaraibi Ogunmola.<br>
Born in the unknown town of Ijesa-land, Ijoka Ilesha,<br>
To Borijiwa, a hunter who lived at Oke-Orisa.<br>
A birth that came with it downpours of childbirths<br>
To those who are ballooned and those who had bear no seeds.<br>
Saraibi will drink from the skulls of his enemies<br>
And pick his teeth with each thigh of their souls;<br>
So they were left headless, thighless and even soul-less.</p>
<p>He was not to be named Ogedengbe Agbogungboro,<br>
Not until he floored and was not floored.<br>
A name the Ibadans will never forget for its notoriety,<br>
Likewise the Benins and their subordinates.<br>
A name that is as fearful as the man himself,<br>
So that anywhere it rings,<br>
Fear engulfs the hearts of its audience.<br>
Why wouldn’t it be so?<br>
He once glued his head back after being beheaded in a battle field,<br>
Leaving his enemies in the fear of their own souls.<br>
He once led a hundred soldiers to a great war,<br>
Only to return with a thousand of them<br>
Bearing beads and cattle for a battle won.</p>
<p>When many think it is over,<br>
Ogedengbe, the husband of Orisaleke, emerges<br>
In a fiery never-give-up manner,<br>
Till his enemies are being grounded to pulp.<br>
Then he can relax in pride, drink in fame, and then laugh in courage.</p>
<p>If you are going to Ijesa-land,<br>
In the heart of Osun where minds are plain,<br>
Find me a place where hearts are raw,<br>
And sweat and blood are being spent for all;<br>
But say my greetings to a fearless warrior,<br>
Dead yet alive with his undaunting exploits,<br>
Saraibi, Ogedengbe Agbogungboro;<br>
The fortress that could check all wars.</p>
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