Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-06-05
CARMINA AFRICANA.

IOfnD.
or had fitted on angel wings beyond tho m
pleasantness of oyerseers and cotton and ,a,o
reouirinp cuitivatiop a, thar had, ,,,
ha,,,ood ,o tho or, ~, i,,,.,.'.,,', my
o,o"sou :" eno orc y, "nposslpie Uncle
!ons anu inaintnies VINO SAID Bress dc
Ioru anu "MassS at intervals sufficiently
frequent 10 give the proper African flavor to
their conversation.
That large, rich iolk lore OF profound in
terest existed among the negroes, and that
they had quaint and curious minstrelsy of
their own, !" had nothing to do with the case"
i'm the opinion of the idealists. When they
wished to create u negro In literature they
proceeded TO shut themselves up i'm their
studies and evolve one.
Uncle Remus has discovered the true ne
gro and his folk lore, and George Cable has
lyrcally discovered his French Louisiana,
but tho songs of the great masses of Tho ma
proes the commonn1sce rolIirkin ino, q Viryin
ny and kaintucky niggers" " who are scat
tered all over the South, have az vet received
but llttle attention. These songs are the pro-
ductiohs Oh iocal poets who could neither
read nor Wrlte, ana VINO were but imper-
fectly acquainted with the language. They
were for the most part not even deliberate
compositions, but the improvlsations of bar
barrie bien etre and lyrism. They treated of
tho little homely details of every day planta-
ton life, and only rose to imagery when they
became hymns. These African song makers
delight in rhymes OF a rough sort, but were
not bound 10y them, content to let the rhythm
,ho q, repe,oh ana Wory the music serve to give
mostly a quatrain or a half dozen lines with
an endless repeated refrain that SERVED IN Az
press some momentary ?. emotion or chronicle
Like the words the music In which tbasa
unnu. uara aat 10 :, rio th ha.,o ,a,,a,a.,,I.
repeated, but the music was fnII ot stranyss
plaiutive melody. This plaintiyeness is in
the music Ot eyen the sim pIsst snpuu Won
will hear a wild natbetic ar ara H. i,,,,
an,na - ~, .-so,, o., 't'1 t.'"' N'"h
ragged jeans, his wool burned red by the
sun, slapping his bare feet on the usty earth
keeping time with his flat hands ,in,n bis
bips and shufllinp his loozeIvbrnPf hoar
about will come young darky sinviny,
words like these
Er want er piece er meat
I'm er want or nircg er brltde.
Er want err niece or hoeCai,e
T'm almost dado.
Manmthy, n mummy look hl saln
Ea''' UP uo i'i'''' eii soPPil ou' ue PAM
or-
Sheep and shote walkin' in der paster,
sheep, sald shote wont yer walk or little htster'
ShhoIe, Sh, said atd ,neCP, "a, my tod az !, so, ,
o.. -, a.. -. ,,.aa,,.. a.,
wnY ,i,.a al.J ionS Paooo1sloli iItes away 10
t,,, ru va, ,to; dnad iNo 70
nhayt ,,itcbod in a VIA ,i,nr 90 ,,i,I.
I ..i - 49, 80 -, " - ny, VIII
lonB'uId"h IeiIaIiSi deep aiu lhunuerous,
with many voices, ana with words Ike
these:
sister Mary weep, sister Marthy noun,
Mcepin, over Brsr Taurus tomb,
IN gwine line dc pan so true,
III S"lhe Jiho ue pHh
Er LOOK ut my mans en- er hans look new,
- loph " ny s icsI IN ~ palnsd , VI ue"'
~, IN = si VIII liio i at a , pah 81 liuc'
= III B"ih' Jihco pau
Or this which has au exquisite cadence
Mr.. Rec, come en- see!
30 IIhysei I a no haru
II. nee, come en- see, sec
CRcfrain)
Bow low Bow low
DO thyset a no harn.
i nuI ,,,il,, en- Siias ~, DopnI pari IN Icil-
10 lhS7e " no harlh' e'c.
VI SUI a'i''no'
Gwine where dey ain no mo dyin'-
Seven times en- de wall come tumbling down.
erwin amen Good Lord, cryin' amen
~ .,l ~ nv Wy ~
~, 'iIo ~ cO7t ~ " "iioo 1 tu ., 20"
TINS % shout. Sis MAY. shout Take six
fer ter hold her. Sbout u, and i'm strong bys-
terics fell hack into the arms of the hest
looking Young negro buck.v who would
sometimes have half dozen on his hands AT
once the older women and man would sinr
with fury
Mef,dts. Mefodis' Is my ua,nc.
MefOdis Il m gwine die
En I'm pviur iine IL, NIrfedis, rbu'rh
Fer toGat dat MefSdts' ME
-,
tod Almighty, oliver Danyul
Dliver Danyul, oliver Dany9l,
God y mighty, liver DAnNul,
In der same God oliver me too.
N, ,,,,i,.,. : ;,,, .,,t ,,o,. i,;,
~ "a, M Nui ~, n,tn1 . @ out if W. J,'n, M , t,.,
En 5ohts OUT ii, uGt nSilui SL , ue t Wut'e, ,, 49,,
Ell uGr IN &c ehlu"ul lshyui out "er Try iur-
En- der same God oliver me too.
4 great fayorite on such occasions was
Er scan an. sbi, s,ilir, ar -,iI,n, cro.s 1ar san
:, - - 10. ~, ~ 80 ,'.o,,ini f,r ~, or, M,
Rafr,iu
r,,,,,i, ~, IA, l,,,, ,biIa,,n
i,,,5 - ~, -, L>,at ,b;ijn,'
t,,s ,it ~ : ~ W,',f % sljII1H nr u, will soil
''' oT4,. "a" N " '0' '' " W. W." ~
,,
tinr n 'laV; ' - ''
I,ut ,nC Er ain rr trbristyun E,r rr-vs my 80 Z
nvuV
II 'y1m Hin, an t"sei "s'n' Ii 'o"Sn' Ell he III
Les hi-e them dimon' winders Ter ter hear dat
ChUistyun pray
Under the sugar-cahe sheu AT nlgnt, TAX
,s ',iu VI Wv a., - - ,,i, anu
, tntoM inS cnue on tnp ehuies', n,oSins s. cai
rier, me plauIaVioh hauus Woulu sing, WIN
al their curious Pauses, suuueu inllections
anu ueeP acSehtuht!onS vne oi theiii, Hi
Persohalihs 'he MASTER "o"iu sung
some folks say dat hiSgers uNn y STEAL
~ ia;,t ,cu, 1Inv'n ~, or tied ,nn, via tvino
En Er MAYA Int 'eIn mn Till Er giye 'em fort u
ninc
CuoRus
Run, niggcr. run