Suriname folk-lore

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p) song to ‘set’ wɩnti

189.

Chɛ̨ŋ, chɛ̨ŋ, o chɛ̨ŋ chɛ̨ŋ, o Kɔt' a ka-ma-ya Ti-de, ti-de, o-
Kɔt' a ka-ma-ya Ta-ki Kɔt' a ka-ma-ya Ta-ki Kɔt' a ka-ma-ya

Chɛ̨ŋ, chɛ̨ŋ, chɛ̨ŋ,

Cut the illness.¹

Today, today - o (say)

Cut the illness.

1 akamaya is Fanti for ‘disturbance’.