No Lickle Twang - Louise Bennett

Me glad fi see yuh come back, bwoy,

But lawd, yuh let me dung

Me shame a yuh so till all a

Me proudness drop a grung.

Yuh mean yuh go dah Merica

An spen six whole mont deh,

An come back not a piece better

Dan how yuh did go weh?

Bwoy, yuh no shame? Is so yuh come?

After yuh tan so lang!

Not even lickle language, bwoy?

Not even lickle twang?

An yuh sister what work ongle

One week wid Merican

She talk so nice now dat we have

De jooce fi understan?

Bwoy, yuh couldn improve yuhself!

An yuh get so much pay?

Yuh spen six mont a foreign, an

Come back ugly same way?

Not even a drapes trousiz, or

A pass de riddim coat?

Bwoy, not even a gole teet or

A gole chain roun yuh troat?

Suppose me laas me pass go introjooce

Yuh to a stranger

As me lamented son what lately

Come from Merica!

Dem hooda laugh after me, bwoy!

Me couldn tell dem so!

Dem hooda seh me lie, yuh wasa

Spen time back a Mocho!

No back-answer me, bwoy - yuh talk

Too bad! Shet up yuh mout!

Ah doan know how yuh an yuh puppa

Gwine to meck it out.

Ef yuh waan please him, meck him tink

Yuh bring back someting new.

Yuh always call him 'Pa' - dis evenin

When him comes seh 'Poo’.