 | Reuben Percy - 1826 - 394 pages
...remarkably sweet and plaintive, and the words were literary the following: "The winds roared, and the rain fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and...has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind him corn." Chorus. Let us pity the white man ; no mother has he to bring him milk, no wife to grind... | |
 | 1827 - 226 pages
...joining in chorus. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these : " The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white...him milk : no wife to grind his corn. — Chorus. Let us pity the white man. No mother has he to bring him milk ; no wife to grind his corn." This little... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1829 - 532 pages
...spun cotton, alluded to the situation and sufferings of the poor stranger whom they were sheltering. "The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white...has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind him corn. Chorus. Let us pity the white man — no mother has he," &c. In the morning, all he had with... | |
 | Edward William Grinfield - 1827 - 508 pages
...sweet and plaintive, and the words literally translated were these, ' The winds roared, and the rain fell, the poor white man faint and weary, came and...mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn,' " &c. &c. vol. ip 299, 300. At another time, he says, " I had almost marked out the place where I was... | |
 | Edward William Grinfield - 1827 - 506 pages
...sweet and plaintive, and the words literally translated 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,'" &c. &c. vol. ip 299, 300. At another time, he says, " I had almost... | |
 | James Thompson (of Newcastle.) - 1828 - 506 pages
...to express his gratitude to his compassionate deliverer. She, in answer, said that he would do well winds roared and the rains fell. The poor white man,...bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn — Chorus. Let us pity the white man, no mother has he," &c. In the morning, Mr. Park presented his benevolent... | |
 | James Thompson - 1828 - 502 pages
...compassionate deliverer. .She, in answer, said that he would do well winds roared and the rains £011. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat...under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk, ntf -wife to grind his corn.—Chorus. Let us pity the white man, no mother has he," &c. In the morning,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 782 pages
...treated him with great kindness ; she and her daughters sung an extempore song on the occasion : ' The winds roared and the rains fell, the poor white man faint and weary sat under our tree ; he has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind him com.' — Chorus, ' let... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1829 - 256 pages
...song, which was sung in the African language, is thus written in English. SO IS 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.... | |
 | 1830 - 436 pages
...spun cotton, alluded to the situation and sufferings of the poor stranger whom they were sheltering. " The winds roared and the rains fell. The poor white...weary came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to hring him milk, no wife to grind him corn. Chorus. Let us pity the white man — no mother has he,"... | |
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The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these. "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. 
