{"collection":"African","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/afr/jas/jas141.htm","path":"afr/jas/jas141.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/afr/jas/jas141.htm","text":"William Forbes, Dry River, Cock-pit country.\nTacoomah make a dance, get Anansi for de fiddler, an' Grass-quit was coming as a fiddler too. Robin Redbreast was to play de music, Monkey was to blow de bugle. Well, after de night de dance commence. Anansi gwine to play,\n\"Queena bunna, ring-ki-ting,\n You sen' fe great Grass-quit,\n You don' sen' fe me!\n Anansi draw bow so sweet, ring-ki-ting,\n Anansi draw bow so sweet, ring-ki-ting.\"\nTacoomah say,\n\"You ya, you ya, so ya, me ya,\n Wid a fort tumba like a tenky bunna,\n Wid a jump, wid a jump, like a tenky bunna.\"[1]\n[1. The tune is that of the Devil in the Cock and Corn story, number 85.]\n{p. 171}\nRobin Redbreast say,\n\"Jock, Jock, when you coming home?\"\nJock said,\n\"Tomorrow evening.\"\n \"What in your right?\"\n \"Boot an' spur.\"\n \"What in your left?\"\n \"Bow an' arrow.[1]\"\nJock[2] said,\n\"Robin redbreast\n Was pretty well dressed,\n And he was into his nest,\n And a puppy went into his nest\n And broke his neck t'ru distress.\"\nWell, den, Turtle an' Duck goin' in de river fe go an swim, an' dem is to run to a hill-side in de river. An' Cock is de judge. Den Cock went to sing fe dem--\n\"Co co re co.\"\nDuck an' Turtle swim--\n\"Shekey, shekey, shee-e-e.\"\n[1. The dialogue is taken from a popular game.\n2. I asked, 'Who is Jock?\"--\"Jock man dora.\"]","title":"141. Tacoomah makes a Dance.","type":"page"}