{"id":104,"date":"2021-06-15T11:35:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T15:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&p=104"},"modified":"2022-02-03T08:51:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T13:51:26","slug":"de-dog-rose","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/de-dog-rose\/","title":{"raw":"De Dog-Rose","rendered":"De Dog-Rose"},"content":{"raw":"GROWIN' by de corner-stone,[footnote]Angle of the house[\/footnote]\r\nSee de pretty flow'r-tree blows,\r\nSendin' from de prickly branch\r\nA lubly bunch o' red dog-rose.[footnote]A dark red sweet-rose[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nAn' de bunch o' crimson red,\r\nBoastin' on de dark blue tree,\r\nMeks it pretty, prettier yet\r\nJes' as dat dog-rose can be.[footnote]Makes it pretty-as pretty as it is possible for a dog-rose to be[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nYoung Miss Sal jes'[footnote]Just[\/footnote] come from school:\r\nFreddy, fresh from groun' an' grub,\r\nPick de dog-rose off de tree,\r\nGib Miss Sal to prove his lub.\r\n\r\nThen I watch on as dem kiss\r\nRight aroun' de corner-stone,\r\nAn' my heart grow vex' fe see\r\nHow dem foolish when alone.\r\n\r\nAn' I listen to deir talk,\r\nAs dey say dey will be true;\r\n\"Eber true\" I hear dem pledge,\r\nAn' dat naught can part dem two.\r\n\r\nDe petchary[footnote]Grey king-bird[\/footnote] laugh an' jig,\r\nSittin' on a bamboo low;\r\nSeems him guess, jes' like mese'f\r\nHow de whole t'ing gwin' fe go.\r\n\r\nTime gwon[footnote]Goes on; passes away[\/footnote], an' de rose is not:\r\nI see Fred, wi' eyes all dim,\r\nHuggin' up de corner-stone,\r\nFor his love has jilted him;\r\n\r\nLeft him for anedder man\r\nWid a pile o' money,\r\nDat he carried from his land\r\nO' de Injin coney.[footnote]England or Scotland, the home of the Indian coney (common rabbit)\u2014pronounced cunny[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nWonder whe' de petchary?\r\nDe rose-tree is dead an' gone;\r\nSal sit in de big great-house,[footnote]The principal house on a property is so called[\/footnote]\r\nCooin' to her baby son.","rendered":"

GROWIN’ by de corner-stone,[1]<\/sup><\/a>
\nSee de pretty flow’r-tree blows,
\nSendin’ from de prickly branch
\nA lubly bunch o’ red dog-rose.[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

An’ de bunch o’ crimson red,
\nBoastin’ on de dark blue tree,
\nMeks it pretty, prettier yet
\nJes’ as dat dog-rose can be.[3]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Young Miss Sal jes’[4]<\/sup><\/a> come from school:
\nFreddy, fresh from groun’ an’ grub,
\nPick de dog-rose off de tree,
\nGib Miss Sal to prove his lub.<\/p>\n

Then I watch on as dem kiss
\nRight aroun’ de corner-stone,
\nAn’ my heart grow vex’ fe see
\nHow dem foolish when alone.<\/p>\n

An’ I listen to deir talk,
\nAs dey say dey will be true;
\n“Eber true” I hear dem pledge,
\nAn’ dat naught can part dem two.<\/p>\n

De petchary[5]<\/sup><\/a> laugh an’ jig,
\nSittin’ on a bamboo low;
\nSeems him guess, jes’ like mese’f
\nHow de whole t’ing gwin’ fe go.<\/p>\n

Time gwon[6]<\/sup><\/a>, an’ de rose is not:
\nI see Fred, wi’ eyes all dim,
\nHuggin’ up de corner-stone,
\nFor his love has jilted him;<\/p>\n

Left him for anedder man
\nWid a pile o’ money,
\nDat he carried from his land
\nO’ de Injin coney.[7]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Wonder whe’ de petchary?
\nDe rose-tree is dead an’ gone;
\nSal sit in de big great-house,[8]<\/sup><\/a>
\nCooin’ to her baby son.<\/p>\n

  1. Angle of the house ↵<\/a><\/li>
  2. A dark red sweet-rose ↵<\/a><\/li>
  3. Makes it pretty-as pretty as it is possible for a dog-rose to be ↵<\/a><\/li>
  4. Just ↵<\/a><\/li>
  5. Grey king-bird ↵<\/a><\/li>
  6. Goes on; passes away ↵<\/a><\/li>
  7. England or Scotland, the home of the Indian coney (common rabbit)\u2014pronounced cunny ↵<\/a><\/li>
  8. The principal house on a property is so called ↵<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":251,"menu_order":26,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-104","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/104\/revisions\/105"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/104\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=104"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=104"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}