Kolkata's kids
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Kudos to Kolkata's kids
With lilywhite cheeks
And lightweight stomachs
Scrounging for food crumbs
In its garbage dumps
They keep the city clean
And our conscience clear.

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The Footpath-sleeper of Kolkata
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The footpath-sleeper
Turned in his sleep, dreaming
Of a pretty pink ration card.



The old man in Sealdah Station
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The eight'o clock local
Failed to wake up the old beggar
Sleeping on the Sealdah station.

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Two pretty feet
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Two pretty little feet, red and dead,
Zigzagged through the Park Circus traffic
On their last journey.
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The Old Pullcart Man
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The old pullcart man
Smoked away all his bidis in the Chowringhee jam
With nothing left for the Kalighat jam.
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