This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.
| identifier | question |
|---|---|
| 14077 | Pretty MISS MOUSEY for to see? |
| 14077 | [ Illustration]"Pray, Miss MOUSEY, are you within?" |
| 14077 | [ Illustration][ Illustration][ Illustration]"Pray, Miss MOUSE, will you give us some beer?" |
| 14077 | [ Illustration][ Illustration][ Illustration]"Pray, Mr. FROG, will you give us a song? |
| 35592 | Frankie went to the bar- keeper''s to get a bottle of beer; She says to the bar- keeper:"Has my living babe been here?" |
| 35592 | Frankie went to the church house and fell upon her knees, Crying"Lord''a''mercy, wo n''t you give my heart some ease? |
| 35592 | Or to put it interrogatively, why do the members of this particular class sing, and why do their songs contain the thoughts that they do? |
| 35592 | The colored semi- rural proletarian, then-- how shall I describe him so that you may see him in your mind''s eye, as I read these songs? |
| 35592 | What kind of pants does a gambler wear? |
| 35592 | Why do n''t you be like me, why do n''t you be like me? |
| 35592 | where was you when the rolling mill burned down? |
| 11260 | ''How would I see that?'' |
| 11260 | ''What do you mean saying that?'' |
| 11260 | ''What will you give for it?'' |
| 11260 | ''Why is it you did not come to me when I sent before?'' |
| 11260 | ''Will you give three hundred pounds for it?'' |
| 11260 | ''Would you pay back the money to the man that would lend it to you?'' |
| 11260 | ''Would you sell it?'' |
| 11260 | And as they were sitting at the table, a servant girl that was in it, and that was Irish, came to O''Connell and she said,''Do you understand Irish?'' |
| 11260 | And how do we know but that was a thing appointed for him by God? |
| 11260 | And the bullet was taken out of his head was the same every bit as our bullets; and where would a Zulu get a bullet like that? |
| 11260 | And what good did they ever do it? |
| 11260 | But he was sorry at Parnell''s death, and what was the use of that when they had his heart broke? |
| 11260 | But what was that to the bitter time of the Famine that came after?" |
| 11260 | But what wonder? |
| 11260 | But why did n''t they lift him in the saddle and bring him along with them? |
| 11260 | Did she turn Catholic? |
| 11260 | Did you hear that one time he turned the shoes on his horses? |
| 11260 | He got Emancipation; but where is the use of that? |
| 11260 | He said in a speech, where was the use of meetings and of talking? |
| 11260 | He went back and told that to O''Connell, and O''Connell said,''Did n''t I tell you I would put you in the way to get some good thing?''" |
| 11260 | If she was, why would she have run away? |
| 11260 | In the morning one of the butlers came up to him and said,''Did you see that one of your horses was shot in the night?'' |
| 11260 | Then the priest said,''Have you any children?'' |
| 11260 | What religion had they? |
| 11260 | Why did n''t he go into the thick of the battle like the Prince of Orange? |
| 11260 | Why would there, and they running away and leaving the country the way they did? |
| 11260 | [ IRISH:''An tuigeann tu Gaedilge, O''Connell?'' |
| 11260 | says O''Connell,''what was it he did to deserve that?'' |
| 11260 | says he,''and I not rose up or dressed?'' |
| 45240 | You rust- chawed fragments o''junk,sez he,"Now what do you think you''ve found? |
| 45240 | A- standin''''round on this old bilge tank Like a bunch o''frogs on a floatin''plank; Be ye lookin''fer gold in yon cut- bank?" |
| 45240 | Adown the cold wind flung, What voice of merriment gives tongue? |
| 45240 | And the soldier I''m referrin''to, who''s so surprisin''game, Is Miles, Lieutenant General-- I guess you''ve heard the name? |
| 45240 | Back there in Washington, people may stare, Easy- chair officers sputter and swear, Bureaucrats legislate-- what do we care? |
| 45240 | But, wind of the West, in vain thy voice,( Oh, why must the voice be vain?) |
| 45240 | Do you think, because only the women are here, You can skulk behind skirts with your dastardly fear? |
| 45240 | Do you? |
| 45240 | Eh, sightly location? |
| 45240 | For I was the calibre fifty, Hi!--dough- boys, you have n''t forgot The click of my tumblers shifty And the kick of the butt when I shot? |
| 45240 | Galloped into Kimball''long''bout milkin''time, Wind a- whoopin''from the North, cold as billy hell-- Ever known a prairie town in its infant prime? |
| 45240 | JAKE DALE|WHAT, stranger, you never heerd tell o''Jake, Jake Dale, o''the"Lucky George"? |
| 45240 | Mind the Northwest homestead boom, twenty- odd years back, When Dakota stuck her nose above the waves o''fame? |
| 45240 | Never heard of Miss Edgar? |
| 45240 | O, thou broad, strong river, rolling from the North, Dost thou, too, see visions, from the centuries spun forth? |
| 45240 | Pilot yelled through the speakin''tube,--"Can you keep the paddles goin''while I make a landin'', Jack?" |
| 45240 | See a lad and maiden in some summer long ago Gazing from the hilltop on the shadowed vale below? |
| 45240 | The hovering darkness gathers; But what is the rose tint there, That flushes the far horizon Like a turbulent city''s glare? |
| 45240 | Turn, as the rest, to the desert wide, Mad with dread, for a place to hide, Leaving the town and its helpless folk Doomed to death at a single stroke? |
| 45240 | We had never hoped till springtime to have that precious freight; Was it strange it raised our spirits on Christmas,''68? |
| 45240 | What did he do, the engineer, Face to face with this mortal fear? |
| 45240 | What fickle fate, what strange mischance Has brought this song of sunny France To ride upon the blizzard crest That mantles o''er the wild Northwest? |
| 45240 | What were endless, lagging eras While earth''s wealth was being stored To the pageant of his power at the last? |
| 45240 | What''s that?" |
| 45240 | What, no? |
| 45240 | When a man or horse is hungry, ai n''t he bound to try and bolt? |
| 45240 | Where are all the dusky feet, Portage des Sioux, Trod thy pathways like a street, Portage des Sioux? |
| 45240 | Would we rest when the day''s work is over And the stars twinkle out in the sky? |
| 45240 | Yeh see that p''int acrost the bar With the riffle o''shoal below? |
| 21300 | Do you intend to fight us Or unto us resign? |
| 21300 | O John, O Joh- wa- wahn, Why did you go- wo- wo Way down in the mea- we- we- dow So far to mo- wo- wow? |
| 21300 | O Sal, O Sa- wa- wall, Why do n''t you kno- wo- wow When the grass gits ri- wi- wipe, It must be mo- wo- woed? |
| 21300 | Oh say, ca n''t I walk? |
| 21300 | These locks she has curled, shall the rattlesnake kiss? 21300 Why sit you there like a monument that has no power to stir?" |
| 21300 | You had a dream, dear Uncle, Another dream to- day? |
| 21300 | ***** WHOSE OLD COW? |
| 21300 | A miner said,"Betsy, will you dance with me?" |
| 21300 | Along came my true love, about twelve o''clock, Saying,"Henry, O Henry, what sentence have you got?" |
| 21300 | Are the hills covered over with cattle In those mystic worlds far, far away? |
| 21300 | Are they worlds with their ranges and ranches? |
| 21300 | At his post he did land, they took him in hand, The old bucks they all gathered''round, Saying"Give us your fist; where did you enlist? |
| 21300 | At night in the bright stars up yonder Do the cowboys lie down to their rest? |
| 21300 | CALIFORNIA JOE Well, mates, I do n''t like stories; Or am I going to act A part around the campfire That ai n''t a truthful fact? |
| 21300 | COWBOY SONGS AND OTHER FRONTIER BALLADS What keeps the herd from running, Stampeding far and wide? |
| 21300 | Clink, clink, clink, clink, clink, Ah, do n''t you hear the clinking of my chain? |
| 21300 | Clink, clink, clink, clink, clink, Ah, do n''t you hear the clinking of my chain? |
| 21300 | Clink, clink, clink, clink, clink, Ah, do n''t you hear the clinking of my chain? |
| 21300 | Clink, clink, clink, clink, clink, Ah, do n''t you hear the clinking of my chain? |
| 21300 | Did you ever go to a cowboy whenever hungry and dry, Asking for a dollar, and have him you deny? |
| 21300 | Do n''t you think he had his gall? |
| 21300 | Do the cowboys scrap there with Comanches And other Red Men of the plains? |
| 21300 | Do the ranch- houses ring with the prattle Of sweet little children at play? |
| 21300 | Do they gaze at this old world and wonder If rough riders dash over its breast? |
| 21300 | Do they list to the wolves in the canyons? |
| 21300 | Do they ring with rough rider refrains? |
| 21300 | Do they watch the night owl in its flight, With their horse their only companion While guarding the herd through the night? |
| 21300 | Do you want to know why? |
| 21300 | I wonder what my love would say If she could see my pants With canvas patches on my knees And one upon the stern? |
| 21300 | In came my mother about ten o''clock, Saying,"O my loving Johnny, what sentence have you got?" |
| 21300 | Is it very strange that cowboys are A rough and reckless crew When their garb forbids their doing right As Christian people do? |
| 21300 | Look here, little stranger, do you know who I am?" |
| 21300 | Now, little stranger, if you''ll give me your address,-- How would you like to go, by fast mail or express?" |
| 21300 | O say, little dogies, when you goin''to lay down And quit this forever siftin''around? |
| 21300 | Or New Mexico where natives grow With arrow- proof insides? |
| 21300 | Prairie fires, wo n''t you please stop? |
| 21300 | Quoth Ike,"You''re an angel, but where are your wings?" |
| 21300 | Shall Arizona woo me Where the meek Apache bides? |
| 21300 | THE DAYS OF FORTY- NINE We are gazing now on old Tom Moore, A relic of bygone days;''Tis a bummer, too, they call me now, But what cares I for praise? |
| 21300 | THE KANSAS LINE Come all you jolly cowmen, do n''t you want to go Way up on the Kansas line? |
| 21300 | TOP HAND While you''re all so frisky I''ll sing a little song,-- Think a little horn of whiskey will help the thing along? |
| 21300 | That they frequent scenes of revelry Where death is bought and sold, Where at least they get a welcome Though it''s prompted by their gold? |
| 21300 | They say that flour is a dollar a pound, do you think it will be any higher? |
| 21300 | This brow she has kissed, shall the cold grave press? |
| 21300 | What could I say? |
| 21300 | What matter to you in your eastern land If the raiders here should come? |
| 21300 | What''s life without liberty? |
| 21300 | Who will be to her as a brother, And shield her with a brother''s care?" |
| 21300 | Will you drink lager beer with me? |
| 21300 | You ca n''t step aside, boys, To speak to a friend Without your wife at your elbow Saying,"What does this mean?" |
| 11236 | Before I give you one penny, sweetheart, Pray tell me where you were born? |
| 11236 | Dear youth,she cried,"and canst thou haste away? |
| 11236 | I pr''ythee, sweetheart, then tell to me, O tell me, whether you know The bailiff''s daughter of Islington? |
| 11236 | Oh, what shall I do now? 11236 And did you ne''er hear of a jolly young waterman, Who at Blackfriars Bridge used for to ply? 11236 Can silent glens have charms for thee, The lowly cot and russet gown? 11236 Cherry- Ripe, ripe, ripe, I cry, Full and fair ones, come and buy; If so be you ask me where They do grow? 11236 D''YE KEN JOHN PEEL? 11236 D''ye ken John Peel at the break of the day? 11236 D''ye ken John Peel when he''s far, far away, With his hounds and his horn in the morning? 11236 D''ye ken John Peel with his coat so gay? 11236 D''ye ken her sons of peerless faith? 11236 D''ye ken that hound whose voice is death? 11236 Gin a body meet a body Comin''frae the town, Gin a body meet a body, Need a body frown? 11236 Gin a body meet a body Comin''thro''the rye, Gin a body kiss a body, Need a body cry? 11236 Let not the dark thee cumber; What though the moon does slumber? 11236 Ne''er thought of a simper or sigh, For why? 11236 No longer drest in silken sheen, No longer deck''d with jewels rare, Say, can''st thou quit each courtly scene, Where thou wert fairest of the fair? 11236 Now, what do you say to these cans of wood? 11236 O Nanny, can''st thou love so true, Through perils keen with me go; Or when thy swain mishap shall rue, To share with him the pang of woe? 11236 O Nanny, when thou''rt far away, Wilt thou not cast a wish behind? 11236 O Nanny, wilt thou go with me, Nor sigh to leave the flaunting town? 11236 Oh, Molly Bawn, why leave me pining, All lonely, waiting here for you? 11236 Oh, Molly Bawn, why leave me pining, All lonely, waiting here for you? 11236 Oh, Molly Bawn, why leave me pining, All lonely, waiting here for you? 11236 Oh, can that soft and gentle mien Extremes of hardship learn to bear, Nor sad regret each courtly scene, Where thou wert fairest of the fair? 11236 Oh, may her choice be fix''d on me? 11236 Old Simon the Cellarer keeps a large store Of Malmsey and Malvoisie, And Cyprus and who can say how many more? 11236 Or why do I live to say, Wae''s me? 11236 Say, can''st thou face the parching ray, Nor shrink before the wintry wind? 11236 Say, should disease or pain befall, Wilt thou assume the nurse''s care, Nor wistful those gay scenes recall, Where thou wert fairest of the fair? 11236 Shall I, like a fool, quoth he, For a haughty hizzie dee? 11236 Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And days o''auld lang syne? 11236 Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to min''? 11236 Tell me, ye jovial sailors, tell me true, If my sweet William sails among your crew? |
| 11236 | That old familiar tree, Whose glory and renown Are spread o''er land and sea, Say, wouldst thou hack it down? |
| 11236 | Then the lads and the lasses begin to tottle, But what would they do without this bottle? |
| 11236 | Then what do you say to these black pots three? |
| 11236 | Then what do you say to these flagons fine? |
| 11236 | Then what do you say to these glasses fine? |
| 11236 | Wha''ll buy caller herrin''? |
| 11236 | Wha''ll buy my caller herrin''? |
| 11236 | Wha''ll buy my caller herrin''? |
| 11236 | What made th''assembly shine? |
| 11236 | What made the ball so fine? |
| 11236 | What was''t I wish''d to see, What wish''d to hear? |
| 11236 | What when the play was o''er, What made my heart so sore? |
| 11236 | What''s this dull town to me? |
| 11236 | Where''s all the joy and mirth Made this town a heav''n on earth? |
| 11236 | _ Thomas Haynes Bayly._ O NANNY, WILT THOU GO WITH ME? |
| 11236 | _ Thomas Percy D.D._ D''YE KEN JOHN PEEL? |
| 11236 | but I''m no like to dee; And why do I live to say, Wae''s me? |
| 11236 | marry old Margery? |
| 11236 | marry old Margery? |
| 11236 | where shall I my true love find? |
| 56625 | ''Madam, will you accept of a petticoat of red, With six golden flounces around it outspread?'' 56625 ''Madam, will you accept of the keys of my chest, To get at all my money, and to buy what you think best?'' |
| 56625 | ''Madam, will you accept of the keys of my heart, That we may join together, and never, never part?'' 56625 ''Madam, will you accept of this pretty golden ball, To walk all in the garden, or in my lady''s hall?'' |
| 56625 | ''What, is my love a sleeping? 56625 How old are you, my fair pretty maid? |
| 56625 | Now he''s in grave, I will be brave, The ladies shall adore me, I''ll court and kiss, what hurt''s in this? 56625 O where are you going my fair pretty maid? |
| 56625 | O where be your characters Ye maidens brisk and gay? |
| 56625 | Says Ormond, If I did go, with Berwick I stood, And for the Crown of England I ventured my blood, To the Boyne I advanced, to Tingney( Quesnoy?) 56625 ''Shall I be your lover, and will you agree, To forsake the old love, and forgather with me? 56625 ''Then,''said Arscott,''this must be the doing of none other than Dogget; where is he?'' 56625 ''Who knocketh at the window, who knocketh there so late?'' 56625 2 I said:''Good morning, pretty maid, How come you here so soon, say?'' 56625 2 In dewy grass and green we walk''d, She timid was and coy;How can''st thou choose but pity me, My pretty pearl, my joy? |
| 56625 | 2 O where are you going, my fair pretty maid? |
| 56625 | 2 Says little Tom Dicker, Pray what do you mean, By killing your Colly when she was so lean? |
| 56625 | 2 So Roger he dressed himself up as a beau, He comb''d down his locks, and in collars of snow, He went to the farmer, and said,"How d''y do? |
| 56625 | 2 To the Captain then upspake the little Cabin- boy, He said, What is my fee, if the galley I destroy? |
| 56625 | 2"And when shall I see again my grey mare?" |
| 56625 | 2"My fair pretty maid, why wander?" |
| 56625 | 2"O have you seen a pretty ewe That hath a tender lamb, A strayed from the orchard glade That little one and dam?" |
| 56625 | 2"O will you accept of the pretty silver pin, To pin your golden hair with the fine mus- e- lin?" |
| 56625 | 2''O where are you going, my sweet pretty maid?'' |
| 56625 | 2''Why art thou walking abroad alone? |
| 56625 | 3 A twelvemonth and a day being up, The ghost began to speak;"Why sit you here by my grave- side From dusk till dawning break?" |
| 56625 | 3 Now when this letter reached the youth, It put him in a taking; Sure of each other''s love and truth, Why such a fuss be making? |
| 56625 | 3 O what to me the wind and the weather? |
| 56625 | 3 Said Jan,"Thou art a helpful lass, Wilt thou be mine for life?" |
| 56625 | 3 Why follow the church path, why steal you this way? |
| 56625 | 3"O will you accept of a pair of shoes of cork, The one is made in London, the other''s made in York?" |
| 56625 | 3[''Bout twelve was the hour when we came alongside, With long speaking trumpet:''Whence came you?'' |
| 56625 | 3[9] Why wear you that kerchief tied over your head? |
| 56625 | 4 How far, how far, cried Henry Martyn, How far are you going? |
| 56625 | 4 The farmer came to us, and thus did he say,"What have you been doing lads, all the long day? |
| 56625 | 4"O will you accept of the keys of Canterbury, That all the bells of England may ring, and make us merry?" |
| 56625 | 4"Oh silly maid,"young Johnny said,"Alone why did you seek?" |
| 56625 | 4[26] O why love, O why, should I banished be from thee? |
| 56625 | 5 The willow with branches that weep, The thorn and the cypress tree, O why were the seeds of such dolorous weeds, Thus scattered there by thee? |
| 56625 | 5"But supposing a highway- man stopped you? |
| 56625 | 5"O where be your spencers? |
| 56625 | 5"O will you accept of a kiss from loving heart; That we may join together and never more may part?" |
| 56625 | 5"What is it that you want of me, And will not let me sleep? |
| 56625 | 5[19] Now the first she did behold, O it was a sailor bold,"Have you seen my simple ploughboy?" |
| 56625 | And must I go, and leave you so-- While thund''ring billows roar? |
| 56625 | And when I reached the Eastern shore, I let my head hang down, I tripped over Baganells(?) |
| 56625 | Dad on the deep, What will he think? |
| 56625 | Do n''t you hear the fond song The sweet notes of the Nightingale flow? |
| 56625 | Do n''t you hear the fond tale, Of the sweet nightingale, As she sings in the valleys below? |
| 56625 | For the rascals are many, men say, And take all the money from off you As you ride on the king''s highway?" |
| 56625 | He gives what he calls"The White Paternoster":--"White Paternoster, Saint Peter''s brother, What hast i''th''one hand? |
| 56625 | He''d scarce said''How do?'' |
| 56625 | How comes it that thou stroll''st this way? |
| 56625 | How old are you, my honey? |
| 56625 | I said,"So early, tell me now?" |
| 56625 | I stand at thy door, pretty love, full of care, O why should I languish so long in despair? |
| 56625 | If I to thee my mill shall give, Tell me what toll thou''lt take to live?" |
| 56625 | If I to thee my mill shall make Tell me what toll, to live, thou''lt take?" |
| 56625 | If I to thee my mill shall make, Tell me what toll to live thou''lt take?" |
| 56625 | It begins--"Oh, what have I ate, and what have I ate? |
| 56625 | It runs thus--"I am Ormond the brave, did you ever hear of me? |
| 56625 | O what to me the wind and the rain? |
| 56625 | O where are you going my lambie? |
| 56625 | O whither so swift through the dew drops? |
| 56625 | O why look your parents so slightingly on me? |
| 56625 | O why should I die? |
| 56625 | O why should I see my own chosen no more? |
| 56625 | Oft have I sued in vain And now I''m come again, Wilt thou be mine, or Yes or No? |
| 56625 | Quha calls there, so like a strangere? |
| 56625 | Sing fol- de- rol,& c. 7"How far do you make it?" |
| 56625 | Such folly speak no more: How can''st thou love a roving man, Thou ne''er hast seen before? |
| 56625 | Sweet maiden, tell me true, Before bright Phoebus''glittering ray Has supped the morning dew?" |
| 56625 | Then the fiend in female form asked:"How far is it from heaven to earth?" |
| 56625 | This begins--"Quho( who) is at my windo, who, who? |
| 56625 | What ails my pretty mistress? |
| 56625 | What hast i''th''t''other hand? |
| 56625 | What is your Eight, O? |
| 56625 | What is your Five, O? |
| 56625 | What is your Four, O? |
| 56625 | What is your Nine, O? |
| 56625 | What is your One, O? |
| 56625 | What is your Seven, O? |
| 56625 | What is your Six, O? |
| 56625 | What is your Ten, O? |
| 56625 | What is your Three, O? |
| 56625 | What is your Two, O? |
| 56625 | What prize money have you earn''d?" |
| 56625 | What will you sing me? |
| 56625 | What will you sing me? |
| 56625 | Who will undertake Lincolnshire, Dorset, Hampshire, and other counties? |
| 56625 | Why halt in your journey, on threshold why stay? |
| 56625 | Why should we be dullards sad? |
| 56625 | Wilt thou be mine, or No? |
| 56625 | Wilt thou be mine, or No? |
| 56625 | Wilt thou be mine, or No? |
| 56625 | Wilt thou be mine, or Yes or No? |
| 56625 | Your mantles rich and fine?" |
| 56625 | [ Music] 1 A maiden sat a- weeping Down by the sea shore, What ails my pretty mistress? |
| 56625 | [ Music] 1 As Jan was hurrying down the glade, He met his sweetheart Kit;"O whither so fast?" |
| 56625 | [ Music] 1 I am Ormond the brave, did ye never hear of me? |
| 56625 | [ Music] 1"O will you accept of the mus- e- lin so blue, To wear all in the morning, and to dabble in the dew?" |
| 56625 | [ Music] 1_ He:_ Cicely sweet, the morn is fair, Wilt thou drive me to despair? |
| 56625 | [ Music] 2 Did you not promise me, That I your wife should be? |
| 56625 | ca n''t you very well see, That these are three highwaymen from justice hid by thee?" |
| 56625 | ca n''t you very well see, That these are three milking cows my mother sent to me?" |
| 56625 | ca n''t you very well see, That these are three milking maids, my mother sent to me?" |
| 56625 | ca n''t you very well see, That these are three milking pails, my mother sent to me?" |
| 56625 | ca n''t you very well see, That these are three pudding bags, my mother sent to me?" |
| 56625 | ca n''t you very well see, That these are three toasting forks, my mother sent to me?" |
| 56625 | or is my love awake?'' |
| 56625 | p. 601--"Little Tom Dogget, what doest thou mean, To kill thy poor Colly now she''s so lean? |
| 56625 | said she,"O what do these three beavers here without the leave of me?" |
| 56625 | said she,"O what do these three horses here without the leave of me?" |
| 56625 | said she,"O what do these three pair of boots without the leave of me?" |
| 56625 | said she,"O what do these three swords hang here without the leave of me?" |
| 56625 | said she,"O why sleep here three gentlemen without the leave of me?" |
| 56625 | supposing some fellow should stop me? |
| 56625 | well over- taken, do''y say?" |
| 56625 | what can poor lovers do? |
| 56625 | what can poor maidens do? |
| 56625 | what can poor maidens do? |
| 56625 | what can poor maidens do? |
| 56625 | what can poor maidens do? |
| 35410 | An''what you go go buy, Miss Princess? |
| 35410 | Bro''er Annancy a whé you mean fe do me, say a come you come fe kill me? |
| 35410 | Has my lover gone to sea? |
| 35410 | He dead? |
| 35410 | How I manage fe gi''him the fuppence? |
| 35410 | How you mean, me wife, fe ax me dat question? 35410 It is true,"she says,"that I am but a lean dog, but when the lean dog is dead what are you going to do?" |
| 35410 | No dog- flea a bit me up so, sir? 35410 So you have got three acres of coffee and four acres of bare land, then why do n''t you come and ask for me?" |
| 35410 | What are you doing with the grass, Robert? |
| 35410 | What me can take fe catch you? |
| 35410 | Whé mumma dé,literally,"where mamma is?" |
| 35410 | Whé you da do? |
| 35410 | You Bungo Mulatto, who is going to marry you? 35410 ( Levi always sings:--What is your retention, retention, retention?") |
| 35410 | ( What child does not suffer in this way?) |
| 35410 | 1- 6), as:"O what is greener than the grass? |
| 35410 | 118), or"sponsors,"who arrange the marriage? |
| 35410 | = Do you hear?] |
| 35410 | = What the time?= at what time? |
| 35410 | = Whé you wi''say=, what will you say? |
| 35410 | = a wha''me tell you, etc.= What did I tell you? |
| 35410 | = a whé me a go do?= What am I going to do, what shall I do? |
| 35410 | = howdy=, how do you do? |
| 35410 | = me no min tell=, me no been tell, did n''t I tell you? |
| 35410 | = tell goodbye.= They= tell= howdy( how do you do?) |
| 35410 | = whé fe do=, what to do? |
| 35410 | = ya= sometimes means_ here_, sometimes_ do you hear?_= rope=, pronounced ro- up. |
| 35410 | = ya=, do you hear? |
| 35410 | = ya=, do you hear? |
| 35410 | A little breathing time is given by:--[ Music: Good morning to you, mother; Good morning to you, daughter; What is your intention? |
| 35410 | A neighbour of mine used to be made very angry when he first came to Jamaica because when he asked"Have you seen so- and- so?" |
| 35410 | An the boy say:--"Ladies and gentlemen will you like to hear a song?" |
| 35410 | An''Annancy ask the question:--"Who hold me?" |
| 35410 | An''Brother Blacksmit''say:--"What sort of favour I can do for you?" |
| 35410 | An''Donkey say:--"How can you run me? |
| 35410 | An''Finger Quashy jump up tell Dog:--"Mr. Dog, me no tell you all time say you want one watchman? |
| 35410 | An''Ratta ask him:--"What for?" |
| 35410 | An''he sing like this:--[ Music: My eldes''sister, will you open the door? |
| 35410 | An''he take out the golden tongue an''teeth an''show it to the King, an''ask the question:--"How can a bird live without teeth an''tongue?" |
| 35410 | An''him go on, go on, till him believe Puss, an''him ask the question:--"Who hold me?" |
| 35410 | An''puppa say:--"What make you lef''me daughter a bush? |
| 35410 | An''someone answer him an''ask:--"What you want?" |
| 35410 | An''the Cock ask Dry- bone:--"What is your name?" |
| 35410 | An''the Devil ask a third time:-- My youngest sister will you open the door? |
| 35410 | An''the Devil get into a great temper an''say:--[ Music: What is roguer than a womankind? |
| 35410 | An''the King said:--"What you want?" |
| 35410 | An''the bird answer:--[ Music: Good marnin''to you, Soliday, Good marnin''to you, Soliday, Good marnin''to you, Soliday, How are you this marnin''?] |
| 35410 | An''the gal cry to her sister an''brother an''lover, an''they give her answer:--[ Music: Sister, you bring me some silver? |
| 35410 | An''what you think the fellow does? |
| 35410 | An''when him done laugh him tell Peafowl to say:--"Who hold me here?" |
| 35410 | Annancy eat fe him share, then turn back say:--"Bro''er Deat'', you no come come eat?" |
| 35410 | Annancy go home an''go to Candlefly yard tell him say:--"I never will be cravin''again, ya, Bro''er? |
| 35410 | Annancy said:--"Bro''er Cow, you want to go home with me becausen me have it dé a run like a river? |
| 35410 | Annancy say:--"Bro''er Monkey, how many sense you have, tell me?" |
| 35410 | Annancy say:--"Me no tell you say me have two sense, one fe me an''one fe me friend? |
| 35410 | Annancy say:--"No say fe me water sweeter more than fe you?" |
| 35410 | Annancy tell him to ask:--"Who hold me?" |
| 35410 | Annancy?" |
| 35410 | At last the King yerry, an''him say:--"Who is dat, calling me daughter name?" |
| 35410 | At two Wolf come an''call:--"Little Pig, you ready?" |
| 35410 | Bring back me dumpling, yah? |
| 35410 | Bring back me dumpling, yah? |
| 35410 | Brother Blackbird say unto Annancy:--"A you no have no wing, how you a go?" |
| 35410 | Brother, you bring me some gold? |
| 35410 | Cow say:--"Him sweet; you no hab no more dé now?" |
| 35410 | Deggy whé you would a do dé do, De Gay? |
| 35410 | Did you find it? |
| 35410 | Did you not hear me tell you they were talking about you up here? |
| 35410 | Did you steal it?" |
| 35410 | Did you tief it, or what?" |
| 35410 | Do you want to kill me with kindness?" |
| 35410 | Doctor Clark a one an''tanner, Major Black a two an''six, Mister Nelson three an''six, How you manage a jump the window?] |
| 35410 | Fetch back me dumpling, yah? |
| 35410 | Hawk say:--"All time you wait''pon God fe give you you will never get; no see me a man no wait''pon no man? |
| 35410 | He look up see Annancy, call to him:--"What you doing dé?" |
| 35410 | He said to Cow:--"You Cow, you no yerry me say''No fan you tail a me yard?''" |
| 35410 | He said:--"Please, sir, you can give me that brick that I may go an''build a house?" |
| 35410 | He said:--"Please, sir, you can give me that hay that I may go an''build a house?" |
| 35410 | He say:--"Me no a tie you fe see if you heavy?" |
| 35410 | He say:--"Please, sir, you can give me that kindling that I may go an''build a house?" |
| 35410 | He went to Goat:--"Bro''er Goat, if I carry you fe Dummy, whé wi''you say?" |
| 35410 | Here is the lament of an out- of- work cabdriver:--[ Music:_ 5th Figure._ Me buggy a sell fe eight an''sixpence Whé me a go get fe drive? |
| 35410 | Him go to him dada an''whisper:--"Puppa, you no yerry what the fiddle say?" |
| 35410 | How him manage to be before me?" |
| 35410 | I often ask my boys which of these three is themselves? |
| 35410 | I want to go away soon, do you hear? |
| 35410 | In questions they misplace them again and say"What it is?" |
| 35410 | Is it the body? |
| 35410 | Is it the earthly spirit? |
| 35410 | Is it the heavenly spirit? |
| 35410 | Last of all, the wife, Nahker,"he say he done tire, en Spider say:''Yo''wey(= who) big so? |
| 35410 | Lover, you bring me some gold? |
| 35410 | Lover, you bring me some silver? |
| 35410 | Me buggy a sell fe eight an''sixpence, Whé me a go get fe drive? |
| 35410 | Me da go da Vaylum, barn day no Cubba?] |
| 35410 | Me give you me shirt fe wash, You burn up me shirt with iron, You hand full a ring an''you ca n''t do a t''ing, Who dé go married you?] |
| 35410 | Me lover gone a sea? |
| 35410 | Mother Freeman, where is my Gungo( a kind of pea)? |
| 35410 | Mr. Wolf, you would like to taste one?" |
| 35410 | Mumma ho me love the man, Mumma ho me love the man, Mumma ho me love the man, Why you no come come ask fe me?] |
| 35410 | My eldes''sister, will you open the door oh? |
| 35410 | My second sister will you open the door oh? |
| 35410 | My youngest sister will you open the door oh? |
| 35410 | No one will sow my Gungo, or perhaps rather:--Will no one sow my Gungo? |
| 35410 | No see you dada a dirty dé?" |
| 35410 | No see you dada a dirty dé?" |
| 35410 | No see you husban''a dirty dé?" |
| 35410 | Oh den, gal, if you love me, Why do n''t you write me? |
| 35410 | Oh what is your intention, intention, intention? |
| 35410 | Oh what is your intention? |
| 35410 | Oh you take''notta a boil soup, take salt fish''tick in it, Gal, you want fe come kill me?] |
| 35410 | Oh you take''notta boil soup, take salt fish''tick in it, Gal, you want fe come kill me? |
| 35410 | One man said to his neighbour,"See dat? |
| 35410 | Or what is worse than e''er woman was?" |
| 35410 | Pig ask him:--"What time you will be going?" |
| 35410 | Pig ask:--"What the time?" |
| 35410 | Pig say:--"Let me see if you can run as that apple?" |
| 35410 | Pig say:--"What hour?" |
| 35410 | Quashy take you pear; you no yerry? |
| 35410 | Rabbit ask him:--"Brother Annancy, where you is comin''from?" |
| 35410 | She asks:--"Where is my lover?" |
| 35410 | She say:--"Who is that calling my daughter name?" |
| 35410 | Snake say:--"Is she a pretty gal?" |
| 35410 | So he went to Bro''er Peafowl an''ask him:--"What you will say if me carry you fe Dummy?" |
| 35410 | So the servant- boy was an old- witch, said:--"Young mistress, you know that man is Devil?" |
| 35410 | Soon him say:--"Bro''er Deat'', where de vittle?" |
| 35410 | The boy says to the holders of the ring:--"If you let her come out I will kill you to- night, do you hear?" |
| 35410 | The gal goes on:--"I do not see my lover; has he gone to Colon bay?" |
| 35410 | The little comedy which follows suits him to perfection:--[ Music: Whé me lover dé? |
| 35410 | The person answer:--"Who is that calling?" |
| 35410 | The signal for taking a partner is given by the words"You find the banana?" |
| 35410 | The wife say to Annancy:--"What kind a fresh?" |
| 35410 | The young man say:--"How you will manage that the Duke not going to allow it?" |
| 35410 | The"sing"was evidently composed by one of Sarah''s partisans for the words are:--"What did you do to make Sarah buck you? |
| 35410 | Then Annancy say:--"Bro''er Tiger wha''me tell you? |
| 35410 | Then the Snake ask again to the same tune:-- My second sister will you open the door? |
| 35410 | Then there is Hettybel, and one girl has this astonishing combination-- Ataria( rhymes with Samaria), Azadell(? |
| 35410 | They ask:--"Who come?" |
| 35410 | This tune is the first half of the old French air"Ah, vous dirai- je, Maman?" |
| 35410 | Trapong say to Brother Annancy:--"Me heavy?" |
| 35410 | Very popular is the next one:--[ Music: Mother Freeman, a whé me Gungo dé? |
| 35410 | Well, Annancy went to Hog, ask him:--"Bro''er Hog if I carry you fe Dummy, whé you wi''say?" |
| 35410 | What I going to do?" |
| 35410 | What a pretty basket, eh? |
| 35410 | What a pretty basket, eh? |
| 35410 | What about the''badian? |
| 35410 | What is roguer than a womankind oh? |
| 35410 | What is there for dinner? |
| 35410 | What is your intention? |
| 35410 | What make you shave old Hall, Rosie Fowler? |
| 35410 | What make you shave old Hall, Rosie Fowler? |
| 35410 | What make you shave old Hall? |
| 35410 | What make you shave old Hall? |
| 35410 | What make you shave old Hall? |
| 35410 | What make you shave old Hall? |
| 35410 | What you fe do with that? |
| 35410 | What you fe do with that? |
| 35410 | Where did you get the money to pay for your boots? |
| 35410 | Where you a come from now?" |
| 35410 | Whé me a go get fe drive? |
| 35410 | Whé me a go get fe drive?] |
| 35410 | Whé me lover dé? |
| 35410 | Whé mumma dé oh? |
| 35410 | Whé mumma dé? |
| 35410 | Whé you a go do, Birdie? |
| 35410 | Whé you a go do?] |
| 35410 | Whé you da do make Sarah buck you? |
| 35410 | Whé you da do make Sarah buck you? |
| 35410 | Whé you da do make Sarah buck you? |
| 35410 | Whé you da do make Sarah buck you?] |
| 35410 | Whé you da do? |
| 35410 | Whé you da do? |
| 35410 | Whé you da do? |
| 35410 | Whé you da do? |
| 35410 | You find the banana? |
| 35410 | You hand full a ring an''you ca n''t do a t''ing, Who dé go married you? |
| 35410 | You no yerry me tell you say them a call you name up ya?" |
| 35410 | You tief the banana? |
| 35410 | [ 9][ Footnote 9: In Mr. Dudley Kidd''s_ Savage Childhood_( published since the above was written), I find that Zulu( or Pondo?) |
| 35410 | [ Footnote 54:"Yah?" |
| 35410 | [ Music: Johnny, Johnny, da wharra fe dinner? |
| 35410 | [ Music: T''ree acre of Cahffee, Four acre of bare lan'', T''ree acre of Cahffee, Why you no come come ask fe me? |
| 35410 | [ Music: Whé mumma dé? |
| 35410 | [ Music:_ 4th Figure._ Good morning, Mister Harman, How are you this morning? |
| 35410 | [ Music:_ 5th Figure._ What make you shave old Hall, Rosie Fowler? |
| 35410 | [ Music:_ 5th Figure._ Whé you da do? |
| 35410 | [ Music:_ Schottische._ Bungo Moolatta, Bungo Moolatta, Who dé go married you? |
| 35410 | a whé me a go do? |
| 35410 | a whé me a go do? |
| 35410 | for What you did do? |
| 35410 | how you manage a jump the window? |
| 35410 | how you manage a jump the window? |
| 35410 | is that all? |
| 35410 | literally, What you is do? |
| 35410 | meaning What did you do? |
| 35410 | tingaling, Yo no yerry you honey, tingaling? |
| 35410 | tingaling, You no yerry you honey, tingaling? |
| 35410 | tingaling, You no yerry you honey, tingaling? |
| 35410 | tingaling, You no yerry you honey, tingaling? |
| 35410 | what is to be done? |
| 35410 | you see any one is coming? |
| 35410 | you see any one is coming? |
| 35410 | you see any one is coming? |
| 35410 | you see any one is coming?] |