(A Nigenue* ditty)
Land of the Lordly Niger
And the Blessed Benue
Whose waters throb
With diverse shoals
Whose virtues labour
To undo our drought
Whose delta oils the engine
Of our heady strivings
Lordly Niger
Blessed Benue
Teach us the magic
Of your ageless confluence
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* Niger + Benue = Nigenue