| de don bia |
| dem don don bina brial |
| dem buk di fuud |
| di fuud don bia |
| di fuud bin biit |
| Food bu'n |
| mi sii di fuud laang taim |
| mii blaad |
| Meh bin mek the juta dem black |
| yu kom |
| yu kom |
| mi staat tu taak |
| mi don staat taak |
| mi staat taak out |
| ii stap taak |
| ii stap taak |
| shi don gat don bina taak fu nou |
| shi don stap taak fu nou |
| Torns a-pimplick you an' sweat a-run over you |
| Torns a-pimplick you an' sweat a-run over you |
| Manaja a-manaja fondle you' breasts a-casa-fiel' |
| Manaja a-manaja fondle you' breasts a-pay office |
| She in wan’ get she han” dutty wen she a-work |
| Wii jraa red luk pon di rood in jrai paat fu jrait som taim an den wii lef |
| di gatu hide from taim, laik dee tief man, an kom hoom dee neks |
| su wa mi gatu duu da kontrii cool, tu daans lil bit, dans lil lil bit an den lef |
| He a dans a-fit an' staat but he no a-bruck loose |
| yu a klai it til yalla |
| De beef cook up nice and soft |
| an sii, dem niggah dem bina sloo iizii |
| Na jus’ wan week but fo’ whole yeah, dis barda bina out di batteries, bai, bii, biir, bie, bia, den briid dem out, briid am out |
| Han'kerchief red |
| Han'kerchief a redish |
| yu doz get very little watah an yu plant am de |
| an wen dem piipl staat kom out in de bigiiz, wan a dem fellows bin get gun |
| mi fain wen mi bled buckets a watah |
| mi sae big fat kain a daag aal ova di plees |
| ii a man wa ron wid gat wahn feemz |
| Fo' septemba wan aal di wee nait, aal da mii kud heah nois |
| bot di piipl jom an in wahn wild kain hai broke am |
| It bin completely bu'n to the gron |
| Jaan ron an ron and ron till hii get tired |
| Jaan jraiv in jigging an staat til hii get tired |
| Siita hool hool an hool and stap |
| Siita hool an staat iizii iizi |
| yu kot it kot am reezaa wid gras naif |
| dem don blonjos widout paas tuu nou, su til a ou ouun ou nou |
| mi tek mi ouar luk pon di trok tray an mi a wach i soo an a wii soo |
| You can't even imagine how bad de rais deh, it deh bad |
| He a-pick at de nyam it ova and ova time but he no full |
| ii a maan wa, a-night, a mrak about leet |
| di man deed hese'f pan di chrii ova ova so |
| bot mi granmuda bin get wan bil |
| di porsn wa a duu di jors wu kom rong in di fiel |
| Me innoe if he go fuh he sweetheet or wha' |
| mi na gu bak a-bateau |
| mi gu put dong mi peepa |
| mi tuu daata dem a daub wid cow-down an' mud, di yaard under di hous |
| Ana moda kaal shi |
| Ana moda kaal shi tel shi |
| dem piipl dem, kaam kostomo piknii, kaom in ee |
| Di teebl foot faal dong |
| di teebl foot faal lef |
| di baai klooz di hous winda |
| Cockwheel no a-swell around nice |
| Pen nib a-leak ink |
| Pen nib bin a-leak ink nyam |
| Me innoe wah it is wah broke down de fence roun' de yaard |
| Papayon |
| dis ooman a di moda piknii de a di pikniin |
| dis maan a di dad piknii de |
| notn kain a kain na de hou hapn hee |
| notn na de de |
| mi gu insaid nou |
| yu de a di bakdam |
| yu de a di bakdam |
| wii de a di bakdam |
| wel, livn piipl kyaahn de piiples kyaan de pon di dam wid di kyar a kot |
| Dead man can't be a-street corner 'pon show he a-go hurry a-ribah side fo' drown hese'f |
| wen yu bin de in Kurupung, yu na yuuz tu se gi maanin tu mii |
| All de veins tie togeddah an fat so |
| De whole place ah get organised now |
| dem sii di fuud don |
| de berrin' so brown da dem luk no mo' da cheenj dem brown juta |
| dem mek di maan kom |
| di juta dem wash di hool dem |
| di plate don don don was don |
| De floor ah red like night |
| di leedi pon di porsn ii chrii iizii vs. di leedi gyal |
| De porsn de bad |
| di wokman dem don tai laang taim nau |
| Meh min'n is shaat |
| Teet' already shaat |
| di staart dem bin kuk pon di stove |
| Me like fuh cook up good food. |
| De house dem white lik pearl |
| Cat no sleep |
| bettah yu bin ded, haad yu gat tu wo'k |
| di piipl dem a tief too much |
| lang taim yu ga wan dangkii kyaat, nou yu get wan mootoo kyaar |
| mi nak di baai wid mi han |
| mi nak di baai wid mi han |
| mi nak di baai sliip |
| mi git op an mi ron go a di saili |
| Wii hosl an bring di piknii hoom |
| di puliismaan dem kom kom an kyar dem a jelas |
| yuu naa noo – eniibadii kyan kom kom nak yu dong de |
| wel, mi se, ‘Wats a coc'nut faal dong. mi no sii no kookno. mi ron ova sii nou. mi se ‘Eh, eh! weh di kookoo deh? |
| ii bin a maan, ii piknii a piil coc'nut, wan kotlas – wan dàl kotla |
| wel, ii bin get dis olboo wu ii tu kom dong so dat wen ii tired, ii go lee dong |
| Picknie dead – fo' true |
| Gun fiah! Mi Gaad! no you see sun shining? |
| di ooman man a wak rong |
| Ochro picknie, he an' deh, deh a-school yard |
| evrii, wii yuus-tu goo plee pon di greev self |
| tore up deh man whole tigah, bruck up aal dis ting |
| yu doz see, bak taim, yu na ga a kyar bak wan birth certificate fo wokT |
| dem ting mos' come to an end |
| De table foot has been mek |
| De windah a-house has been put in a chupit manner |
| Meh tie a-me waist tie meh waist fo' mourn meh one and only boy picknie. |
| ii tek ii waist fuh put ii wan an aal gyal piknii |
| Jaanja moda kaal shi |
| Kwashiba dem a luk aafta shi til shi tu aal oon ada oon |
| yu sii dem piipl dem, mi na a bada miit bout dem, rait |
| dem maan de, wii na get along wid dem |
| da kyaahn gi wii non rait |
| mi sii hii a hiip dis bai |
| mi biliiv in am |
| shi tel am ii go sok am |
| shi sok am a di back a ii nek he neck hee |
| bot wen mi a go, mi sii wan leedi sel hassar fish |
| mi tek dong di pakit wa mi a bai |
| tek mi bak mi reezaa ar gi mi yu coc'nut! |
| mii mii mos, yu mout, yuu waahn fu heah nou - a jook a-radio? |
| Le mi tel yu wa yu ga fu du, wha' you mus' bong |
| Ol' man, please, you mus'n't come fraikn awe, or le awii sii yu |
| mi broda tel mi dat hii gu |
| mi brudda tel mi dat hii, mi broda, gu |
| Picknie dead done, le wii go kyerii am an bury am |
| bot di piipl dem na a plee noo sing |
| mii a go punish yuu lot |
| yu lot a stil 'trang |
| yu folk mek awii hee luk baad |
| Our little village is tiny lik peppa. |
| dem an dem na a-matty |
| shi wuda biit mi oova mi body |
| Meh bin go a-puncheon trench fo' swim an' watah mek me 'kin dutty |
| When you a-do wo'k an' you need help, plenty man a-fo' help mo' dan jus' wan, an' one is bettah dan none |
| yu tink wah gat fu kom doti yu teek ouar dem an yu get yu two lang han? |
| di porsn wa a kom help yu a waant mek good name fo' dem, bot eberybody know da gud name a da da da nadda fool |
| di porsn wa a duu da jraiving dong rong in di fiel |
| soo wii fain dat som piipl bina get wan drom wa gi dem signal |
| wel, shi peed at dat very moment. Dat pee bina hot like fiah, man |
| De buk dem ah deh ah all over de place |
| Siita dem an Sita matii dem don gaan to work |
| di piipl dem a tief too much |
| di kyar dem a bloo op di rood |
| Meeri bin sii Dolly an' fren de a di backdam plee a ketchin |
| Di straa dem doz get it kot piipl somtaim |
| Me ah go pick mangoes but me t'ink manggo green |
| ii pik coconuts an moo coconnot til dem bin pile high a di gron |
| di tuu puliismaan kom in, so di maan dem a hool ii cousin an kyerii |
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| wel, livn piipl kyaahn de piiples kyaan de pon di dam wid di kyar a kot |
| dem gaan in di geself nou a Jaajtong |
| Me no go a-kitchen area |
| mi kom oova hee |
| dem don bina roas di fuud |
| dem buk |
| dem don don bina brial |
| dem bu'n out |
| dem a blak |
| dem bin mek di juta dem benjos laik |
| ii a wi fil |
| ii de a wananada hous |
| ii de a awi aunt hous |
| dem piipl nau, jumbi a piiples piiPLes piiputii doz sii notn gat notn |
| bot ii waz a maan wa go waak out leet taim wen di nait kom |
| She is a chinee, though |
| hii don a blod gat oon matii don |
| hii a wan tiicha |
| dis bina wan maan … dis bina dis monkey |
| mi bin a gyal gyal |
| a blak a muunlait nait |
| Is notn na to dem |
| Is not much important |
| di buk de insaid |
| awii bin in hee, di ol' leedi leedi kom in he, di ool o o o awii, o o, o, lee, o awi, o an o, an o o an, o le, o k, o maan, oan o oan, di foon, ok, o m, o d, o |
| wel, mi se, ‘kookno faal dong. mi na sii no kookno. mi se ‘E-e, weh di kooknot chrii de. Mi ron ova di konchrii dem. I ron op. Somtaim, di koc'nut tree na deh. |
| tuu nau til nau 9 o’clock a klak a nait mi stil de de |
| wel, na dead pikni wan kyan de a di rood kom a di kaaf tel mi se dem a kom bring monii fu mii wen mi a sliip a mi bed wen di nait kom |
| bot mi granmuda bin get wan olboo tu dong under wahn manggoo chrii a di biling |
| an mi bin in di process of washes mi mout dong sal watah |
| somtaim mi a wok an mi fut lef de |
| di chilren dem na bin don daubin |
| Niggah bina far bettah dan lang taim |
| piipl de de de neks |
| Nation, weh you' nation? Nation, we dem deh? |
| mi kliin mi plate an su |
| mi bin du bikit |
| mi don biling |
| wel wen mi gu, mi sii di piknii sliip, shi shut shi yeye |
| Picknie wach dans movies til she sleep |
| hiirii kuntii bin a sliip an na noo wa a ting a fu du |
| Li'l gyal sliip so much da mek shi yeye could not even open properly |
| wel, ii a piil coc'nut, a coc'nob, wid dull kotlas |
| ii gu staat wak. ii miit wit wan leedi a mek ail |
| All over de body she beat you |
| di leedi mek laktho |
| mi na biliiv yu kukin |
| Wen di leedi finish mek di klaktho, shi tek wan shi wan paat |
| Wii bin finish plou. No mo' plouin lef gat tu duu. |
| Wii finish plou di fiel' an wi stan wid da jus' lang taim |
| Ol' man, please, na come frighten awe |
| Ol' leedi, please, you mus' go frighten meh matty |
| wel, it na a waak til maarnin ouarmin dat dem a go lef da an kyerii am an bury am in di kriik |
| wen wii sii yu, wii fraikn |
| Laud, wen dis kotlas sa come out a-me han' |
| mii a go a chorch |
| wel, if Mary Jaanja kyan tu a member de, den wii kyan a fil a muu1n tu |
| hii noo ansa, an mi tink hii stil noo am |
| wan taim, hii noo taak a duu it bot ai na tink hii naa noo fu duu am nau |
| One was a goldsmith an' di tara a cow-minder |
| di man deed hese'f pan di chrii ova ova so |
| mi bin big. mi mos bin a feel, a foor riid at di taim |
| mi bin gaan de in di taim befo mi dadii ded |
| if mi na bin kom hee, mi na gu noo |
| dem ada daag wuda nyam am |
| dem wuda jook dem wan said eez |
| mi bin hee fram maanin |
| mi bin a goo raisfil fu wok |
| wen yu bin de in Kurupung, yu na bin in a habit of tell mi, “Goo’ mawning |
| Well, only dead people can deh a-dam widout a-carry coffin |
| You mus' not walk about so late or else jumby go ketch you |
| wen mi gu de, mi na no laang laik no coc'nut |
| yu kyan bring bikaz yu hous |
| All de veins tie togeddah an' get fat |
| dem tek wan chipper an chipped it tek it tu sari |
| di staarchii spoak |
| mos biznis mus' mek yuu tel mii na gu de |
| Me gy kyaahn able fuh go. |
| yu doz a kyan biin |
| dem bin a go raab mi |
| dem mosii bin a tel lai pan mi |
| notn na de de |
| mi no bin don gyaaf tu dem |
| di manggo dem a raip pon di chrii rait nou |
| awii manggo don raip laang taim |
| mi lef mi hous an a waak dong di rood wen daag kom baak bihain mi |
| yu folk lef yu hous an a waak dong di rood wen daag kom baak afta yu |
| no bada go de if yu no bin de aredii |
| huu no gaan beta gu nou |
| yu na ga waar berrin' birth certificate in order fu wok |
| mek i lef |
| Wii gafu stap am fram waak leet' a-night |
| mi na no wai dem a du dis ting |
| ii waahn yuu duu it rait |
| a da a wa mi kow |
| a Sita wii piipl dem bin sii ooman |
| Siita sii wan goat |
| Na only ooman wa Kissha bin heer bout |
| Me brudda bin a wuk a haspital but he get a bata wee wuk |
| Is wuk wa mi broda bin a duu duu a di haspital |
| a gyal dakta wach mi sista |
| Meh mudda buy a book. |
| Meh poppy buy book |
| buk buk deh deer |
| mi sel di gyal a manggoo |
| ii gaan shaat bot iivn doo yet |
| ii gaan fu tek wahn shiicha an wen ii kom out, ii doti iiself dry lik rain |
| He tek knife fo' cut bread but he change he mind na cut am |
| wan a dem waz di maan wa bin get di bomb |
| shi bin gat wan granny-daughter wa a luk aafta shi |
| ii gat wan ooman wa gat dani |
| sins na deh, me wash am |
| shi bai di eggs |
| hii bai di eggs? |
| dem a mek awe prapa |
| Awe a suffering |
| di tiicha kom fl sii yu |
| Teacher come an’ gone since wan oun o’clock |
| wen mi kom in di ruum, hii don eek iilev |
| mi gon tel shi if mi sii shi |
| if mi bin sii am, mi bin go tel am |
| Buy meet, he sa nyam all off |
| ii na noo wa ii go duu |
| mi mosii naa a kot shi |
| ii bin fu nak yuu but ii moda stap ii |
| mi heer wahn hiir a beat |
| yu folk mosii mosii must haard da plees a hala |
| dem sii hii kom |
| mi heer di baai sing |
| mek i lef |
| Na mek he can't work |
| a mii doz mek ii kyaahn wok |
| shi se shi na sii am |
| shi tel mi se shi na sii am |
| mi noo ii na sii shi |
| Is it true dat leedi gaan? |
| mi noo de gu |
| mi noo don dat dem gaan hoom |
