Suriname folk-lore

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g) Towenu¹.

1 ‘Strong name’ for the Papa god, a snake deity.

51.²

Ye - ye - ye - ye o - ye - o O - ye - ye - ye - ye - ye - o -
To - we - nio Ye - ye ye-o ku - ma yen - ye - ye- ye- o
Ga - du mu - ye - ye, Na - na ku - ma nye - ye- ye - ye - o
O-ye-ye-ye-ye o - ye-o (etc.)

2 Fanti informants translated the words to this song as

‘What we have done
We can do (this),’

and explained that ye-ye o-ye has the meaning of ‘it can be done.’