{"id":144,"date":"2021-06-16T10:38:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T14:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&p=144"},"modified":"2022-02-03T08:55:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T13:55:17","slug":"beneath-the-yampy-shade","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/beneath-the-yampy-shade\/","title":{"raw":"Beneath the Yampy Shade","rendered":"Beneath the Yampy Shade"},"content":{"raw":"[Footnote on title: <\/span>\"Yampy\"[footnote]The Yampy, or Indian Yam, has very beautiful triangular leaves. Yams of all kinds climb, like hops, on sticks or trees[\/footnote]]<\/a>\r\n\r\nWE sit beneat' de yampy shade,\r\nMy lee sweetheart an' I;\r\nDe gully[footnote]Brook. The word is more generally used in the sense of precipice[\/footnote] ripples 'cross de glade,\r\nTom Rafflins[footnote]Mad ants, which run very quickly[\/footnote] hurry by.\r\n\r\nHer pa an' ma about de fiel'\r\nAre brukin'[footnote]Breaking. Pine-apples are gathered by bending down the stalk, which snaps cleanly off[\/footnote] sugar-pine;\r\nAn' plenty, plenty is de yiel',\r\nDem look so pink[footnote]Choice, nice. Cf. the phrase, Pink of perfection[\/footnote] an' fine.\r\n\r\nWe listen to a rapturous chune\r\nOutpourin' from above;\r\nDe swee-swees, blithesome birds of June,\r\nThey sing to us of love.\r\n\r\nShe plays wid de triangle leaves,\r\nHer hand within mine slips;\r\nShe murmurs love, her bosom heaves,\r\nI kiss her ripe, ripe lips.\r\n\r\nDe cockstones[footnote]Red peas, French beans[\/footnote] raise deir droopin' heads\r\nTo view her pretty feet;\r\nDe skellions[footnote]Scallions\u2014a non-bulbing onion[\/footnote] trimble in deir beds,\r\nDey grudge our Iub so sweet \u2014\r\n\r\nLove sweeter than a bridal dream,\r\nA mudder's fondest kiss\r\nLove purer than a crystal stream,\r\nDe height of eart'ly bliss.\r\n\r\nWe hear again de swee-swees' song\r\nOutpourin' on de air;\r\nDey sing for yout', an' we are young\r\nAn' know naught 'bouten care.\r\n\r\nWe sit beneat' de yampy shade,\r\nWe pledge our hearts anew;\r\nDe swee-swees droop, de bell-flowers[footnote]Datura saveolens, whose great white trumpets flag as the sun gets hot[\/footnote] fade\r\nBefore our love so true.","rendered":"

[Footnote on title: <\/span>“Yampy”[1]<\/sup><\/a>]<\/a><\/p>\n

WE sit beneat' de yampy shade,
\nMy lee sweetheart an' I;
\nDe gully[2]<\/sup><\/a> ripples 'cross de glade,
\nTom Rafflins[3]<\/sup><\/a> hurry by.<\/p>\n

Her pa an' ma about de fiel'
\nAre brukin'[4]<\/sup><\/a> sugar-pine;
\nAn' plenty, plenty is de yiel',
\nDem look so pink[5]<\/sup><\/a> an' fine.<\/p>\n

We listen to a rapturous chune
\nOutpourin' from above;
\nDe swee-swees, blithesome birds of June,
\nThey sing to us of love.<\/p>\n

She plays wid de triangle leaves,
\nHer hand within mine slips;
\nShe murmurs love, her bosom heaves,
\nI kiss her ripe, ripe lips.<\/p>\n

De cockstones[6]<\/sup><\/a> raise deir droopin' heads
\nTo view her pretty feet;
\nDe skellions[7]<\/sup><\/a> trimble in deir beds,
\nDey grudge our Iub so sweet \u2014<\/p>\n

Love sweeter than a bridal dream,
\nA mudder's fondest kiss
\nLove purer than a crystal stream,
\nDe height of eart'ly bliss.<\/p>\n

We hear again de swee-swees' song
\nOutpourin' on de air;
\nDey sing for yout', an' we are young
\nAn' know naught 'bouten care.<\/p>\n

We sit beneat' de yampy shade,
\nWe pledge our hearts anew;
\nDe swee-swees droop, de bell-flowers[8]<\/sup><\/a> fade
\nBefore our love so true.<\/p>\n

  1. The Yampy, or Indian Yam, has very beautiful triangular leaves. Yams of all kinds climb, like hops, on sticks or trees ↵<\/a><\/li>
  2. Brook. The word is more generally used in the sense of precipice ↵<\/a><\/li>
  3. Mad ants, which run very quickly ↵<\/a><\/li>
  4. Breaking. Pine-apples are gathered by bending down the stalk, which snaps cleanly off ↵<\/a><\/li>
  5. Choice, nice. Cf. the phrase, Pink of perfection ↵<\/a><\/li>
  6. Red peas, French beans ↵<\/a><\/li>
  7. Scallions\u2014a non-bulbing onion ↵<\/a><\/li>
  8. Datura saveolens, whose great white trumpets flag as the sun gets hot ↵<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":251,"menu_order":38,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-144","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\/144","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":6,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/144\/revisions\/171"}],"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\/144\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=144"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=144"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}