CHANT-PAGAN ENGLISH IRREGULAR: '99-02 that 'ave been what I've been, that 'ave gone where I've gone, that 'ave seen what I've seenOw can I ever take on th awful old England again, 'ouses both sides of the street, d'edges two sides of the lane, d the parson an' "gentry" between, ' touchin' my 'at when we meet— Me that 'ave been what I've been? that 'ave watched 'arf a world ve up all shiny with dew, pje on kop to the sun, as soon as the mist let 'em through -'elios winkin' like fun ee sides of a ninety-mile square, Me that v An' Piete From Du Me that s I am doi An' hone My livin To which Me that "Twixt t Me that Three y That 'a Six tho With th An' the Oh! it's that was through Di'mond 'Ill, n' five bloomin' bars on my chest)— ' honestly work for my bread, · livin' in that state of life which it shall please God to call Me! that 'ave followed my trade the place where the lightnin's are made, wixt the Rains and the Sun and the Moon; that lay down an' got up ree years an' the sky for my roof at 'ave ridden my 'unger an' thirst thousand raw mile on the 'oof, ch the Vaal and the Orange for cup, the Brandwater Basin for dish,it's 'ard to be'ave as they wish, (Too 'ard, an' a little too soon), I'll 'ave to think over it first Me! I will arise an' get 'ence; I will trek South and make sure If it's only my fancy or not That the sunshine of England is pale, An' there's somethin' gone small with the lot; An' some plains and a mountain be'ind, An' a Dutchman I've fought 'oo might give Me a job were I ever inclined, To look in an' offsaddle an' live I WISH fence And a kn I fou Atop of that I used (Susse Hamps (ad Where there's neither a road nor a tree But only my Maker an' me, An' I think it will kill me or cure, So I think I will go there an' see. |