Suriname folk-lore

o) Obia wɩnti

188.

Mi̯a no ba-sio ma mi̯a no bo - io Dia no ba - so ma mi̯a no
bo - io Ma te den ba - si kɔ̨m den sa tya' wa - tra gi mio

I am no master - o
And I am no boy - o
But if no master - o
I am no boy - o
Yet when the masters come,
They will fetch water for me - o!