|
|
Art & Life Style Auctions Books Shops | | | Beauty and Fashion | | | Domains for sale | | | Featured auctions | | | Financial Markets |
|
Cosbert Black Glass Bottle Collection - Colour Illustrated Internet Auction Results Booklet. |
| Guyana Home | 1763 Slave Revolt | Forbes Burnham | Declaration of Sophia | Current Affairs | Short Stories | Guyana in Pictures | Arts and Crafts | Cosbert Collection of Antique Bottles |
|
COSBERT GUYANAGuyana Short Stories - Massacuraman, Ah so we come!
Massacuraman, Ah so we come!
We pound de fofoo / Drink fofoo water / Eat dry coconut / Add steel drops / Drink coconut water Massacuraman, Ah so we come! / Ah wha we comfa / Ah wha we stanfa / Ah wha we look like / Ah so we com! Naked 'pon concrete / Shackled together / Slaves together! Massacuraman, Ah so we come! / Ah wha we comfa / Ah wha we stanfa / Ah wha we look like / Ah so we com! Bakku with guilders / Spanish e pesetas / British and de pound / Dem creole we language / But non can conquer! Massacuraman, Ah so we come! / Ah wha we comfa / Ah wha we stanfa / Ah wha we look like / Ah so we com! Half-naked in de blazing sun / Leg-irons branding flesh / Pickaxe 'pon bricks / Bones cracking from stress /Psyches mangled together Massacuraman, Ah so we come! / Ah wha we comfa / Ah wha we stanfa / Ah wha we look like / Ah so we com! Jumbie-lash and Black-lash / Gun, cutlass and Stick-lash / Cry Cuffy e Accra / Mek bakku run for cover Massacuraman, Ah so we come! / Ah wha we comfa / Ah wha we stanfa / Ah wha we look like / Ah so we com! © Douglas Cosbert, cosbert.com 2002-2010. All rights reserved. |
| Introduction - A Destiny to Mould | 1. History | 2. Politics | 3. People | 4. Economy | |
| Listen to Is We Ting CD clips at GuyFolkFest.org |
| Please send comments and articles on Cuffy, Burnham and the PNC for publication to: plaisance59@hotmail.com. |