Jamaican song and story

by Unknown

Lard! Lard! hasty kill me dead oh! Poor me boy oh! a whé me a go do? Me put me pot a fire fe boil Cow liver, but hasty kill me dead.

From that day Annancy never can go where Cow is.

Anywhere Cow see him he reach him down with his mouth.

Jack Mantora me no choose any.

NOTES.

We have had this story already in another form ([Annancy and Cow, No. 20]).

chewstick, a common climber. A piece of the stem about the thickness of a pencil is cut and makes a sort of soapy froth as it is chewed. It has an agreeable bitter taste and is used to clean the teeth.

howdy, how do you do?

cane, sugar-cane.

fool them, take them in, delude.