Suriname folk-lore

e) Miscellaneous.¹

1 Under this heading come songs for which there were no other classification or for which natives gave us no designation. No. 252 is a play song, while, from internal evidence, it is apparent that No. 253 is Tap' Kromanti, No. 254, (Ɩ̨ŋgi Winti, and No. 255, Bush Kromanti.

252.²

Pe-rum, Pe-rum, mi pa-tron Są' wa - ni kɔ̨ -, mek' ą kɔ̨m
Ɩ̨ŋ - gri - si ma - sra tya - ri prąŋ-ga go na djo - go prąŋ

2 The words to this song given here represent only a portion of those which were heard on several occasions, but not recorded. See van Panhuys (V), 211, for a translation of these words, given with an additional phrase. The same writer (II, p. 125) has also published an extremely interesting Curaçao version of the words of this song.

253.³

A ye - ye - ye Mi̯a - la A ye - ye - yo Mi̯a - la A-san - do
yo Mi̯a - la A ye - ye - ye Mi̯a - la A ye - ye - ye Mi̯a - la

3 No translation of this song was obtained.

[p. 699]

 

A - Bo-nu a kǫ' Mi̯a - la (etc.)

254.

'A Ka-ri-bo bro - ko, a - yo 'A Ka-ri- bo bro - ko - Gi mi
mi bo - to nąŋ - ga mi pa - ri A - la dę' Ɩ̨ŋ-gi-o Ma-ma-dam

The Karibo is broken, - ayo¹

The Karibo is broken.

Give me my boat and my paddle

All the Indians are at the Mamadam.

1 Reference is here made to the fact that many people had run away into the interior and the wɩnti wished to go, too.

255.

Ya - o - ya - o - ya - o - e Y'A- na- na -o A ku-ma-e

[p. 700]

 

[ya - o ya - o] o A - na- na - e Yao̯ a den - si' ya - o

O Yao, Yao, Yao-e
Yao ancesters-o
We greet you-o!
O Yao adensio.