| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Song for Shredding Bark | | By Myrtle Eberstein |
| | From “Woman-songs of the Herero”
IF you will shred the bark, | |
| Little daughter, | |
| You shall have a hundred cows, | |
| You shall have a dozen lovers, | |
| You shall have food all day long. | 5 |
| Your father will boast of you, | |
| Little daughter, | |
| Swifter to work than any of his wives. | |
| If you will shred the bark, | |
| Little daughter, | 10 |
| You shall be sold to a great chief | |
| Head of twenty kraals— | |
| If you will shred the bark, | |
| Little daughter! | | | | |
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