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Home: Middle East: Oman: Mountains: Aqabat al Hamra:
hamed, 5
Dar de pickaninnies ’s playin’, /
’Weh down Souf, /
An’ fur dem I am a-prayin’, /
’Weh down Souf; /
An’ when I gits sum munny, /
Yo’ kin bet I’m goin’, my hunny, /
Fur de lan’ dat am so sunny, /
’Weh down Souf.
Daniel Webster Davis, ’Weh Down Souf
They are not the only ones living here like this. Up ahead, somewhere over the folds of the mountain, are three other villages, each self contained: Sahef, with two houses, Duwayra, with just one, and Al Hail, with two. All three get their water from the same government supplied tank near Aqabat.
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