Suriname folk-lore

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b) Dagowe.

35.¹

Da wa - da da - gō Ma - o da - da ya-o Da - wa - da da-gō
Ma - o da - da ya - o Ma - o

1 Dagowe is a snake deity (Dahomean Dᾳŋgbe).

36.

Ma-lem - be - e ya Ma-lem - be Ma-ma - we - o -
Sa Ma-lem- be - o - o
-ma - Ga - du Sa Ma-lem - be fi - la - e -

37.

Ma - um - be - wa Ma-um - be - wo T'-ta Man-ga
Ti - ta Ma-um - be Ga - du Ma-lim - be Da - go - we

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Ma-um - be - wa Ma-um - be - wo Ti - ta Man-ga

 

Ti - ta Ma-um - be Ga-du Ma-lim - be Da - go - we

 

Tu - tu kar' yɛ - o Tu - tu kar yɛ - o Ga - dua de-a

 

li - ba dɛ - dɛ Ga-du tu - tu ka' ye - - - - yo

 

(Repetitions with minor variations)

38.¹

Bo-na- e -, a - bo-na-ye -, a - bo - na-ye, a - bo-nya-o
E-ya bo-nya yu - ku bra-bra-bra yu - ku (...) ya bo- nya - e
Ma-ma mi kul' a bra-bra kwa bo-nya- e A-bo- nya - e -, a

1 Our Fanti informant said when he heard this song, ‘This is our's but I can't get the sense,’ and added, ‘It is a praising song.’

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bo - nya - o - Gan- ga - sa Vo - dų a - bo - nya - o

 

Ku-ma-ni fo sa-bra bra Ko Vo-dų-si kwa bo-nya-e a bo-nya-e -

 

Mi ku - la bra-bra kwa bonya-o - o Mi ku-ta bra-bra a bo-nya-e

 

End: bo - nya - e ye - ye -