Ode to Miss Lou...

[bandido1]

As wi all know by now Ms Lou gwine pay us a visit in de near fyucha. Dis is an invitasahn fi all yuh poetically inclined boardites fi rope een an give har sum respeck in verse (patwa, of course).

Fimme cantribution will show up by de week-en.

Mek wi run wid dis nuh? Moderators please keep this featured until after the visit. Thanx.

[Hush Darlin]

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Mi glad fe see u cum bak bwoy
But laad u let mi dung
Mi shame a u tell mi all a mi proudness drap a grung
U mean u go afarrin and spen six whole months
And come back nat a piece betta dan how u did
go wey
Nat eben likkle language bwoy
Nat even likke twang

[red head gal]

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An yuh sista wat work ongle
One week wid 'Merican
She talk so nice now dat we have
De jooce fe undastan?


Bwoy yuh couldn' improve yuhself!
An yuh get soh much pay?
Yuh spen six mont' a foreign, an
Come back ugly same way?


Not even a drapes trouziz? or
A pass de rydim coat?
Bwoy not even a gole teet or
A gole chain roun yuh t'roat.


Suppose me las' rne pass go introjooce
Yuh to a stranga
As me lamented son wat lately
Come from 'Merica!


Dem hooda laugh afta me, bwoy
Me could'n tell dem soh!
Dem hooda sey me lie, yuh was
A-spen time back a Mocho.


Noh back-ansa me bwoy, yuh talk
Too bad; shet up yuh mout,
Ah doan know how yuh an yuh puppa
Gwine to meck it out.


Ef yuh want please him meck him tink
Yuh bring back someting new.
Yuh always call him "Pa" dis evenin'
Wen him come sey "Poo".

[red head gal]

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si a nex one yah
mi did haffi lawn dem yah a school and hack dem out...nobady couldnt hack lakka mi an mi still dweet now dats mi inna kalij


Gwan gal yuh fava teggereg,
Ah wey yuh gwine goh do?
Yuh an yuh boogooyagga fren
Dem tink me fraid o' yuh?


Goh wey, yuh fava heng-pon-nail,
Is me yuh want fe trace?
Me is jus de one fi teck me han
An leggo pon yuh face.


Fe me han noh jine chu ch an me naw
Pay licen fe me mout',
Me wi tell yuh bout yuh--se yah
Gal noh badda get me out.


Me noh know is wat kine o' chu'ch
Fe yuh mout' coulda jine,
Yuh lip dem heng dung lacka wen
Mule kean meck up him mine.


Gwan, me an yuh noh combolo,
Yuh foot shapeless an lang
Like smaddy stan far fiing dem awn
An meck dem heng awn wrang.


Fe yuh foot fava capital K,
Koo pon yuh two nose-hole!
Dem dis big an open out like
Miss Tane outsize fish bowl.


Goh wey, yuh kean bwile sof egg
But still yuh want get ring,
Noh man na gwine fe married yuh
Wen yuh kean do a ting.


Is grudge yuh grudgeful, me kean cook
But me ben goh dah good school,
Me got intelligency yuh
Illiterated fool !


Me sorry fe de man yuh get
De po' ting hooden nyam
When you ackebus him salt-fish
An bwilivous him yam.

[red head gal]

Re: Ode to Miss Lou...

Louise Bennett, who was the first black person to be admitted to RADA, became one of the best-loved entertainers in the Caribbean, renowned for bringing Jamaican dialect to the stage.

Bennett received a British Council Scholarship to study at RADA in 1948. Shortly after she was admitted, she was offered a job with the Caribbean service of the BBC. She went on to work with repertory companies in Coventry, Huddersfiled and Amersham.

On her return to Jamaica she taught drama to youth and adult groups. And she performed regularly across the Caribbean, where she was known as Miss Lou, reciting poems in Jamaican dialect. Her research and folklore creations have helped to save much Jamaican folk material from extinction. She has also lectured extensively in the US and the UK on Jamaican folklore and has received numerous honours for her work.

Bennett lives in Canada.

"My auntie say it bother her every time she hear people call fi we language, corruption of the English language. But should call the English language corruption of the Norman, French and the Latin and the Greek. What them say, English was derived from. You hear that, English derive and we corrupt. Not na go so. We derive too. We derive."

[blugiant]

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me ago deh at wuk wen miss lou a come so can somebody ask her about speaking proper.

[shattagal]

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I want to give a majah hail out to Miss Lou. We done know se she a di original don-ga-gan. Done know nuff respect. Does anyone know one of her poem name Back to Africa Ms. Matty? If so could you please tell me how i can fine it. I really love dat poem and mi nuh know whe fi fine it. Tanks.


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Everyone has knowledge. The diffence between the smart and the common people is that they choose to use thier knowledge to their advantage. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[churchgirl]

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Mi likkle tribute to Ms. Lou. A ongle hope shi like it [img]/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]


Dem talk bout 'ow yuh chat bad
An try fi skin up dem nose pan yuh
When all yuh did a duh a mek di people glad
An mek wi lingwa 'internationally acclaimed' tuh

Mi glad yuh nevva mek dem back yuh dung
Or shun yuh fram weh yuh did fi duh
Di huma and lawfta weh yuh bring
Brighten wi days and chase weh di blues tuh

Yuh enlighten an larn wi bout wi heritage
Bout di rollin calf, duppy and anancy
A Satdeh evelin time wi siddung pan di verandah wid wi bebridge
A tek yuh een pan di radio wid Maas Ranny

Mi like 'ow yuh did tell di bwoy
'Ow him nat even have 'No Likkle Twang'
All when di ooman dem a 'cuss-cuss'; lawd oye
Shi tell di nedda one 'ow har foot dem heng awn wrang

Ms. Lou mi waa fi tell yuh mam
'Ow grateful mi is fi di works yuh duh
Yuh help mi fi become proud a wi patwa and wi land
Mi nuh haffi speakie-spokie and twis up mi mout, tanks agen tuh yuh.

[sistactry]

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****clap hands, clap hands.....****

^5, go deh Churchie...., u have many tolents man, [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Ms Lou, must get a kick outta dat.., [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[bandido1]

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Wi glad fi si yuh, Miss Lou!

Bway tan up strate, square yuh showldah
Mek mi check if yuh did brush yuh teet
How cum yuh naw ack much bolda
Yuh nuh know seh a digniterry yaw greet?

Mek a si if backa yuh aize dem clean
Yuh did figgat fi wash yuh fayce?
Tiddeh yuh agoh meet a real queen
Soh noh badda cum kill mi wid disgrace!

An a wah kine a rinkle rinkle dem deh
All ova yuh tite foot pants?
Oonu si mi dyin tryal eenya tiddeh
Likkle moas mi fall eena trance!

Awrite, at leese yuh comb yuh hair
Cum mek mi duss awf de dandruff
Nung juss memba fi siddung rite pan de chair
Mi noh waan peeple tink seh mi raze ole cruff!

Mine yuh mannaz! Please, tenk yuh mam!
An noh nyammin wen she a tawk!
Miss Lou a respeckful ooman, bawn Jumaycan!
Soh mi a beg yuh, noh badda ack dawk!

An wen time cum fi yuh shake har han
Sumile an kip yeye contack wid har
Nuh look sideway lakka yaw teefin man
Mek she feel welcum, tell har she a star!

Tell har hoo much yuh enjayie har werk
Mek she know seh respeck is jew
Show yuh nallidge, noh ack like a jerk
She is a tap-a-de-line dawta fi troo!

A ongle wish she cooda tan likkle langga
But we haffi be willin fi shayre
Chattin wid har, mi is no straynjah
A juss hope she cum back nex ere!

Bandido1

[msportmore]

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Dido!!! A it dis man!!!! Fi real....yu soun verymuch well [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] Even though yu tek a likkle time fi come wid it [img]/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] But it sound good man - fi real

^5! [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[bandido1]

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Why, thank you Ms P. A hope Miss Lou like ie!

[sistactry]

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wicked Bandi..., [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

fe real, me is shacked, [img]/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

never know u had it in u, [img]/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[jahlive]

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Lik 2 shat fi dat Bandi..

[JamBrit]

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Hey-hey wat a eggsitement pan Ja.com
Cah big-big celebritty in town!!

Good awfta-noon Miss Lou & how do you do?
Wat a pleja an haner it is to meet you!!

Fram mi likkle bit y’noh mi hov been a fan
Yeah man, fram mi bawn & grow eena Englan!

Yuh talented bad Miss Lou, mi admire you….
Mek mi tek ah stan an clap, cah nuff respek due!!

*Whipsparin***
Hey Miss Lou, yuh cyaan seh mi neva chry waan yuh, yuh si…
But, watch out fi di wan dem call “Tiffy-Taffy”!!

An all di wan name “chickie”, well shi gi mi nuff joke
But, yuh waan hear shi chry speak prapper when shi ah spoke!!

All di wan name “Ctry”, is mi sistren all di same
BUT, wat ah ooman cyan chat…..shi noh ha NO shame!!

Yuh si di wan call “Queen”, noh menshan musik to she
Cah fram mi knoah har till now…..shi ah kill di wan sang “Sammy”!!!

An den dere is “jahlive” ….missis, yuh betta hole awn to yuh frack
Cah mek mi tell yuh fram now im is very slack!!

Di man noh tap walk roun ah look feel-up
Anyweh ooman deh, yuh wi fine im ah eggsup!!

Den im ave a bredda weh dem cawl BrukBrak…
Ow im get dat deh name deh?…Yuh betta awsk im di facts!!

Mi cyaan figget Di man of di board, his royal bawss-man “Xavier”
Di poor man neva realize im udda end up wid dem mad people in yah!! [img]/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

An mi? Well mi is di hangel in di place
Tun roun an look pan mi, yuh noh seet in mi face? **kin-teet** [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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Hennywayz Miss Lou, nuff tanks an for paying us visit…..Keep di lawffs dem comin dawlin….((((Miss Lou)))) [img]/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]