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Suriname folk-lore (1936)

Suriname folk-lore

(1936)–Melville J. Herskovits, Frances S. Herskovits–rechtenstatus Auteursrecht onbekend

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c) Lɔbi sɩ̨ŋgi.

249.

 
Mi g'a sɛ - ri bu - ba no mi dɛ lɔ - bi mɔ - ro U - mą
 
mi san - ti Wa - ka mɔ - ro a - 'ɛ si dɛm moi̯-moi̯ sa - ni
 
Mi gu - du, mɔ - fo dę wa - ni, mɔ - fo - dę wa - ni, tu
 
Wa - ka mɔ - ro a - 'ɛ si dɛm moi̯-moi̯ sa - ni Mi gu - du,
 
mɔ - fo dę, wa - ni O, mɔ - fo dɛ̨' wa - ni, mɔ - fo dɛ̨' wa - ni,
 
Go - go dɛ̨' wa - ni, tu, Go - go dɛ̨' wa-ni, mɔ - fo dɛ̨' wa - ni
 
Mɔ - fo dɛ̨' wa - ni, go - go dɛ̨' wa - ni, tu
 
I will sell my skin, I am loved no longer,
 
Woman is hateful to me.
 
Travel about and you see fine, fine things.
 
My dear, the mouth they want, the mouth they want, too.
 
Walk about and you see fine, fine things,
 
My dear, the mouth they want,
 
O, the mouth they want, the mouth they want,
 
The buttocks they want, too,
 
The buttocks they want, the mouth they want,
 
The mouth they want, the buttocks they want, too.

250.

 
Ɛ - ri de - i̮ y'ɛ ba - ri Fa yu lɔ - bi swi - ti
 
Ma mi n'e si, si, Ma mi n'e si, si, Di wi ma-kan-dra
 
su - ku Mi go dɛ si lɔ - bi da - i dɛ dɛ - dɛ
 
Ma no fō g'a su - ma ni no fō zɔr - gu mɔ - ni
 
da - i ne - ti de dai - ne - ti de Ɛf i g'a 'a
 
sa - fri w'e - go nyą' ma - ka - dra dą' mi si
 
Solo:
 
Every day you shout,
 
How sweet your love is,
 
 
 
Chorus:
 
But I do not see, see;
 
But I do not see, see;
 
 
 
Solo:
 
If we get on together,
 
I will see that there is love;
 
But not to go to people (men)
 
Nor to earn money
 
 
 
Chorus:
 
Does the night, the night exist.
 
Solo:
 
If you go softly,
 
We will eat together,
 
 
 
Chorus:
 
Then I will see.

The words continue as follows:

 
Solo:
 
Ma ɛf y'ɛ go trąŋga
 
Y'ɛ go na sigara
 
 
 
Chorus:
 
Dą' mi si
 
Dą' mi si.
 
 
 
Solo:
 
Dą' y'ɛ mek sapakara
 
Dą' y'ɛ a baki nasu
 
 
 
Chorus:
 
Dą' yu da gogo.
 
Dą' i da gogo.
 
 
 
Solo:
 
But if you will go rudely.
 
You will go na sigara,1
 
 
 
Chorus:
 
Then I will see,
 
Then I will see.
 
 
 
Solo:
 
Then you make sapakara,2
 
Then you thumb your nose,
 
 
 
Chorus:
 
Then you give your behind,
 
Then you give your behind.
 
(Then to beginning of song)

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