Suriname folk-lore

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c) Lɔbi sɩ̨ŋgi.

249.

Mi g'a sɛ - ri bu - ba no mi dɛ lɔ - bi mɔ - ro U - mą
mi san - ti Wa - ka mɔ - ro a - 'ɛ si dɛm moi̯-moi̯ sa - ni
Mi gu - du, mɔ - fo dę wa - ni, mɔ - fo - dę wa - ni, tu
Wa - ka mɔ - ro a - 'ɛ si dɛm moi̯-moi̯ sa - ni Mi gu - du,
mɔ - fo dę, wa - ni O, mɔ - fo dɛ̨' wa - ni, mɔ - fo dɛ̨' wa - ni,
Go - go dɛ̨' wa - ni, tu, Go - go dɛ̨' wa-ni, mɔ - fo dɛ̨' wa - ni
Mɔ - fo dɛ̨' wa - ni, go - go dɛ̨' wa - ni, tu

I will sell my skin, I am loved no longer,
Woman is hateful to me.
Travel about and you see fine, fine things.
My dear, the mouth they want, the mouth they want, too.
Walk about and you see fine, fine things,
My dear, the mouth they want,
O, the mouth they want, the mouth they want,
The buttocks they want, too,
The buttocks they want, the mouth they want,
The mouth they want, the buttocks they want, too.

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250.

Ɛ - ri de - i̮ y'ɛ ba - ri Fa yu lɔ - bi swi - ti
Ma mi n'e si, si, Ma mi n'e si, si, Di wi ma-kan-dra
su - ku Mi go dɛ si lɔ - bi da - i dɛ dɛ - dɛ
Ma no fō g'a su - ma ni no fō zɔr - gu mɔ - ni
da - i ne - ti de dai - ne - ti de Ɛf i g'a 'a
sa - fri w'e - go nyą' ma - ka - dra dą' mi si

Solo:
Every day you shout,
How sweet your love is,

Chorus:
But I do not see, see;
But I do not see, see;

Solo:
If we get on together,
I will see that there is love;
But not to go to people (men)
Nor to earn money

Chorus:
Does the night, the night exist.

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Solo:

 

If you go softly,

 

We will eat together,

 

 

 

Chorus:

 

Then I will see.

The words continue as follows:

Solo:
Ma ɛf y'ɛ go trąŋga
Y'ɛ go na sigara

Chorus:
Dą' mi si
Dą' mi si.

Solo:
Dą' y'ɛ mek sapakara
Dą' y'ɛ a baki nasu

Chorus:
Dą' yu da gogo.
Dą' i da gogo.

Solo:
But if you will go rudely.
You will go na sigara,¹

Chorus:
Then I will see,
Then I will see.

Solo:
Then you make sapakara,²
Then you thumb your nose,

Chorus:
Then you give your behind,
Then you give your behind.

(Then to beginning of song)

1 Lit., ‘to the cigar,’ but what the definite allusion is, informant did not know.

2 Lit., ‘Salamander,’ and idiomatic for having ‘a big time’.