Suriname folk-lore

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h) Miscellaneous.

108.¹

109.

1 A number of the songs in this group (such as No. 111, a Kromanti song), are religious, but since the natives gave no distinctive designations for them, it seems preferable to leave them unclassified, rather than to place them in arbitrary categories.

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110.

Ma - no-we - ma-ni ma-yo lɩ̨n-ki - Ma-nu-e - ma-ni man-
yo lɩ̨n - ki Ma - ni ma - ne a sa - bi Ko-dyo lɩ̨n - ki - (3 times)

111.¹

Ke - dya' - mku-man-ye - e Bem-pon ye - o Al-gam ko - pǫ me de
le - ba Bem - po - ne - e mi kwa ya - wa mi ku - ma - ni

1

‘O thou whom we welcome,
Great warrior, great leader,
Nyankompon, I am bringing,
O great leader, my life is yours,
Great warrior, thou hast performed the deed,
I am only a wretched being, great warrior.
I am kneeling...
Kedyampon, Tata Nyankomponu...
Tata Nyankomponu, here is water...
Hold (i.e., protect) me.’

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A - ya - o - o, a - ya - o A - ya - o - o, mi ku - ma - ni

 

bu fa - ni - kwa U mi ku - ma-nia̯ mi ku - tu mi koi - ya wa

 

du Wi, wi na ku - ya dwa Ga - du ko no Ya wa

 

na - ki - to n - ma na Dya-dya, ya - o - nu Ke-dyam - pǫ, Ta-ta

 

Nyan-kom-pǫ na - nu Ma dya - o - kɔ̨ - dya ɔ̨ŋ - su Ta-

 

ta Nya-kom-pǫ nu - mi-dya ɔ̨ŋ - su o-kwa-mi mi

112.

A Ma - ri - a - ye mu-ye A Ma - ri - a - o - a - A
Ma - ri - a - ye mu - o A Ma - ri - a - e Ɩ̨n - gi

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kon - de a din - dya o - bia Ma - ri - a A Ma - ria -

 

ye mwo A Ma - ria- o - A Ma - ria ye mwo A

 

Ma - ri - a - o An - do kon - de din - dya - o - bia Ma

 

ri - a- e A Ma - ri - a-ye mo A Ma - ri - a

 

Ta - fe - ra Na - na̮m' ta - fe - ra - di A Ma-

 

ri - a - ye mu - ye A Ma - ri - a Ban - tu - o,

 

ban - tu - a dya tyin - tyin tu - a man - de