It's Miss Lou Day on Jamaicans.com - Happy b-day

[Xavier]

Today is Miss Lou's birthday and it's Miss Lou Day on Jamaicans.com. Our main page header has changed to Miss Lou. We have a whole section on the site dedicated to Miss Lou site dedicated . It includes a photo gallery, an interview, tributes and more - http://bit.ly/NQt8Hl

Please free to post in this thread how "Miss Lou" has impacted your life here and also if you think she should be a national hero.

Celebrating Miss Lou's birthday would not be complete with out the song we all heard on "Ring Ding"

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[kia027]

Re: It's Miss Lou Day on Jamaicans.com - Happy b-day

Happy Birthday Miss Lou!! :cake:

[FrenchTickla]

Re: It's Miss Lou Day on Jamaicans.com - Happy b-day

if oonu ever haffi recite a miss lou poem a school, as she would say, clap uself!

[FrenchTickla]

Re: It's Miss Lou Day on Jamaicans.com - Happy b-day

Not even likkle twang!

Mi favorite

http://youtu.be/sW9GeQF-1bU

smaddy fix it fi mi yaw

[blugiant]

Re: It's Miss Lou Day on Jamaicans.com - Happy b-d

miss lou a femee sesame street

[Wendy]

Re: It's Miss Lou Day on Jamaicans.com - Happy b-day

Happy Birthday Miss Lou!!

<span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold">
Mout-amassi - Louise Bennett Coverley</span></span>


Mout-amassi Liza, yuh no
Hear yuh mumma dah call yuh?
Meck yuh mout so galang plang?
Hear yuh mumma duh call yuh!
Yuh mout so fly, yuh mils tell lie.
So member seh me dah warn yuh:
Liza, kibba yuh mout!
De way people wash dem mout pon yuh
Yuh naw go strive, missis;
Far everywhe yuh tun yuh hear
Seh Liza do dat an dis.
Yuh hear dat Liza chat to much,
Yuh hear dat Liza seh,
Yuh hear seh dat is Liza meck
Mass Tom black puss run weh.
Liza, kibba yuh mout!


Yuh meck Miss hlattie husban put
Har sinting outa door,
Yuh meck Sam do fi purpose
An hat up Jem sore toe.
Yuh can gwan chat, but doan figat
Yuh gwine reap what yuh sow.
Liza, kibba yuh mout!

Counta yuh, Dan set him grampa
Duppy pon Sta Rose,
An counta yuh Jane teck grudgeful.
An pwile up Fan new clothes;
De way yuh chat yuh meck Jinat
Go obeah Laura nose.
Liza, kibba yuh mout!

Yuh meck dem lock up Tayma fi
So sen her bwoy a school;
Yuh meck dem lock up Geral,
an It tun him mumma fool!
Yuh meck dem bring up Dora, seh
She overwork her mule.
Liza, kibba yuh mout!

Dem mussa put yuh so, missis -
Is weh yuh dah go do?
From me bawn me never see
Nobody chat lacka yuh.
Me hear Miss Della she dah swear
Fi tun yuh mout backa yuh.
Liza, kibba yuh mout!

[jah_yout]

Re: It's Miss Lou Day on Jamaicans.com - Happy b-day

Blessed with the honor to have met her when I went on Ring-ding...
Bless-Ed earthstrong, Queen Mother