{"id":120,"date":"2021-06-16T09:38:52","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T13:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&p=120"},"modified":"2022-02-03T08:52:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T13:52:05","slug":"ione","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/ione\/","title":{"raw":"Ione","rendered":"Ione"},"content":{"raw":"SAY if you lub me, do tell me truly,\r\nIone, Ione;\r\nFor, O me dearie, not'in' can part we,\r\nIone, Ione.\r\n\r\nUnder de bamboo, where de fox-tail[footnote]A grass with heavy plumes[\/footnote] grew,\r\nIone, Ione.\r\nWhile do cool breeze blew \u2014 sweet, I did pledge you,\r\nIone, Ione.\r\n\r\nWhere calalu[footnote]Spinach, but not the English kind[\/footnote] grows, an' yonder book flows,\r\nIone, Ione.\r\nI held a dog-rose under your li'l[footnote]little[\/footnote] nose,\r\nIone, Ione.\r\n\r\nThere where de lee stream plays wid de sunbeam\r\nIone, Ione.\r\nTrue be'n de love-gleam as a sweet day-dream,\r\nIone, Ione.\r\n\r\nWatchin' de bucktoe[footnote]Small crawfish[\/footnote] under de shadow\r\nIone, Ione.\r\nOf a pear-tree low dat in de stream grow,\r\nIone, Ione.\r\n\r\nMek me t'ink how when we were lee children,\r\nIone, Ione.\r\nWe used to fishen[footnote]Fish[\/footnote] in old Carew Pen,[footnote]The Jamaican equivalent for ranche[\/footnote]\r\nIone, Ione.\r\n\r\nLike tiny meshes, curl your black tresses,\r\nIone, Ione.\r\nAn' my caresses tek widout blushes,\r\nIone, Ione.\r\n\r\nKiss me, my airy winsome lee fairy,\r\nIone, Ione.\r\nAre you now weary, little canary,\r\nIone, Ione.\r\n\r\nThen we will go, pet, as it is sunset,\r\nIone, Ione.\r\nTek dis sweet vi'let, we will be one yet,\r\nIone, Ione.","rendered":"

SAY if you lub me, do tell me truly,
\nIone, Ione;
\nFor, O me dearie, not’in’ can part we,
\nIone, Ione.<\/p>\n

Under de bamboo, where de fox-tail[1]<\/sup><\/a> grew,
\nIone, Ione.
\nWhile do cool breeze blew \u2014 sweet, I did pledge you,
\nIone, Ione.<\/p>\n

Where calalu[2]<\/sup><\/a> grows, an’ yonder book flows,
\nIone, Ione.
\nI held a dog-rose under your li’l[3]<\/sup><\/a> nose,
\nIone, Ione.<\/p>\n

There where de lee stream plays wid de sunbeam
\nIone, Ione.
\nTrue be’n de love-gleam as a sweet day-dream,
\nIone, Ione.<\/p>\n

Watchin’ de bucktoe[4]<\/sup><\/a> under de shadow
\nIone, Ione.
\nOf a pear-tree low dat in de stream grow,
\nIone, Ione.<\/p>\n

Mek me t’ink how when we were lee children,
\nIone, Ione.
\nWe used to fishen[5]<\/sup><\/a> in old Carew Pen,[6]<\/sup><\/a>
\nIone, Ione.<\/p>\n

Like tiny meshes, curl your black tresses,
\nIone, Ione.
\nAn’ my caresses tek widout blushes,
\nIone, Ione.<\/p>\n

Kiss me, my airy winsome lee fairy,
\nIone, Ione.
\nAre you now weary, little canary,
\nIone, Ione.<\/p>\n

Then we will go, pet, as it is sunset,
\nIone, Ione.
\nTek dis sweet vi’let, we will be one yet,
\nIone, Ione.<\/p>\n

  1. A grass with heavy plumes ↵<\/a><\/li>
  2. Spinach, but not the English kind ↵<\/a><\/li>
  3. little ↵<\/a><\/li>
  4. Small crawfish ↵<\/a><\/li>
  5. Fish ↵<\/a><\/li>
  6. The Jamaican equivalent for ranche ↵<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":251,"menu_order":30,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-120","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\/120","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\/120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/120\/revisions\/121"}],"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\/120\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=120"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=120"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}