Suriname folk-lore

c) Ancestral.²

2 Under this heading are grouped ancestral songs which could not be more definitely classified.

59.

Bwa-mu - ra -, A-ben-tu-a - o Bwa-mu - ra -, 'Wa-ben-tu-a - e
Bwa-mu - ra
1 a) 1 b) 2) A-wa-ben-tu - a - e

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60.¹

To-we-nu - To-we-nu a To-we-nu - Na-wa bo - e Ba-ku-ba (8 times)

1 In Twi, bo-e signifies ‘help’; ba ku ba was translated as ‘one who has come to thee’.

61.²

Bon - to - nyo bon- to - nyo [bon-to-nyo] bon-to - nyo
(6 times)
Na-na wa - ya
kum-wa
ya-wai
kum' obia

2

‘Sing us a song
About what the ancestors have done.’