 | John Graham (compositor.) - 1848 - Страниц: 94
...plaintive ; and the words, literally translated, were these : " The winds roared, and the rains fell ; when the poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree,*' &c. Observ. — A dash is added, by man; writers, to the colon ; but the practice seems to be wearing... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1848 - Страниц: 270
...song, which was sung in the African language, is thus written in English. SONG OF THE NEGRO WOMEN" THE poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. The winds roared, and the rain fell. He has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind him corn.... | |
 | 1849 - Страниц: 240
...discovered that he himself was the subject of it. It said, in a strain of affecting simplicity: — "The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white...weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn." Chorus, " Let us pity the white man, no mother has he,"... | |
 | 1849 - Страниц: 396
...chorus. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally transited, were these : — 48 ' The winds roared, and the rains fell ; The poor white...weary, Came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk, No wife to grind his corn. CHORUS. Let us pity the white man. No mother has he to bring... | |
 | William Taylor - 1898 - Страниц: 686
...Park discovered that he himself was the subject of it. It said in a strain of affecting simplicity, " The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white...weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn." The next morning he could not depart without requesting... | |
 | Louis Lubovius - 1898 - Страниц: 208
...and plaintive, and the words literally translated 14 were these : ' The winds roared, and the rain fell ; the poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn.' Chorus : ' Let us pity the white man ; no mother has he... | |
 | Anna B. Badlam - 1900 - Страниц: 572
...rather plaintive; the words simple. " The winds roared and the rain Jell. The poor white man,faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk ; no wife to grind his corn." To this a refrain was added, in which all the women joined.... | |
 | Irene Tanner Myers - 1901 - Страниц: 168
...310 ff. 3 Cited by Jones, Africa, p. 45 ; cf. Burton, A Mission to Gelele, i, PP 46, 51, 171, 213. The winds roared and the rains fell ; The poor white...weary, came and sat under our tree; He has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn.1 Moreover, certain of the songs which are carried in the... | |
 | Elizabeth Lee - 1901 - Страниц: 302
...sort of chorus. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these : " The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white...weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn. Chorus — Let us pity the white man, no mother has he,"... | |
 | Francis Barton Gummere - 1901 - Страниц: 528
...women, the rest joining in a sort of chorus. . . . The words, literally translated, were these : ' The winds roared and the rains fell ; the poor white...came and sat under our tree, — he has no mother to bring him milk ; no wife to grind his corn. Chorus: Let us pity the white man ; no mother has he,'... | |
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The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn. 
