 | Jean Comaroff, John L. Comaroff - 1991 - 613 pages
...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. Chorus. Let us pity the poor white man; no mother has he, etc. etc." This image of an Africa eager to play... | |
 | Bogumil Jewsiewicki, Jocelyn Létourneau - 1998 - 236 pages
...plaintif, and the words literally translated were these — The winds roared, the rain fell. The poor man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree....bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn, Chorus. Let us pity the white man ; no mother has he, [...]44. Cutter précise, à la suite de l'auteur, qu'il... | |
 | 1907 - 774 pages
...and which has been so often quoted : — " The winds roared and the rains fell. The poor white man sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk, No wife to grind his corn. Let us pity the white man ; No mother has he." From Segu, Park travelled along the north back of the... | |
 | Rudolph P. Byrd, Beverly Guy-Sheftall - 2001 - 406 pages
...a sort of chime. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these: 'The winds roared and the rains fell; the poor white...mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn. Let us pity the white man, no mother has he,'" etc., etc. Perhaps I may be pardoned the intrusion,... | |
 | Rudolph P. Byrd, Beverly Guy-Sheftall - 2001 - 406 pages
...a sort of chime. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these: The winds roared and the rains fell; the poor white...mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn. Let us pity the white man, no mother has he,"' etc., etc. Perhaps I may be pardoned the intrusion,... | |
 | Rudolph P. Byrd, Beverly Guy Sheftall - 2001 - 404 pages
...a sort of chime. 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 wean', came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn.... | |
 | Debbie Lee - 2017 - 314 pages
...feed Park, and then sing to him: The winds roared, and the rains felL — The poor white man, taint and weary, came and sat under our tree. — He has...mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn. Let us pity the white man; no mother has he, &c. &c.55 Park's narrative is filled with modest moments... | |
 | Bob Darden - 2004 - 456 pages
...spinners, who fed him. They then created a song about Park's travails, which he later had translated: The winds roared and the rains fell The poor white...to bring 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-' Other travelers... | |
 | Tim Fulford, Debbie Lee, Peter J. Kitson - 2004 - 354 pages
...subject of it ... 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 had no mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn.' Chorus 'let us pity the white man; no... | |
 | Wilson Armistead - 2005 - 617 pages
...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...to bring him milk — no wife to grind his corn.' Owrns. ' Let us pity the White man ; no mother has he to bring him milk — no wife to grind his corn.'... | |
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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. 
