{"id":156,"date":"2021-06-17T09:29:50","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T13:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&p=156"},"modified":"2022-02-03T08:56:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T13:56:32","slug":"when-you-want-a-bellyful","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/when-you-want-a-bellyful\/","title":{"raw":"When You Want a Bellyful","rendered":"When You Want a Bellyful"},"content":{"raw":"WHEN you want a bellyful,\r\nTearin' piece o' one,[footnote]This whole line is a single intensifying adjective; and the two lines together are equivalent to \"When you want a tremendous bellyful.\"[\/footnote]\r\nMek up fire, wash you' pot,\r\nFull i' wid cockstone.[footnote]Red peas, French beans[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nNuttin' good as cockstone soup\r\nFor a bellyful;\r\nOnly, when you use i' hot,\r\nYou can sweat no bull.[footnote]It makes you sweat like a ('no'\u2014pronounced very short in this sense) bull[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nAn' to mek you know de trut',\r\nDere's anedder flaw;\r\nEf you use too much o' i',\r\nIt wi' paunch you' maw.[footnote]Make your belly swell[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nGrowin' wid de fat blue corn,\r\nPretty cockstone peas --\r\nLilly blossom, vi'let-like,[footnote]Violet coloured[\/footnote]\r\nDrawin' wuker bees--\r\n\r\nWe look on dem growin' dere,\r\nPokin' up dem head,\r\nLilly, lilly, t'rough de corn,\r\nTill de pod dem shed.[footnote]Until the pods are formed[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nAn' we watch de all-green pods\r\nStripin' bit by bit;\r\nGreen leaves gettin' yellow coat,\r\nShowin dey were fit.[footnote]Showing that the peas were fit to pick[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nSo we went an' pull dem up,[footnote]These red peas are pulled up by the roots[\/footnote]\r\nReaped a goodly lot,\r\nShell some o' de pinkish grain,\r\nPut dem in a pot.[footnote]In the pot[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nBut I tell you, Sir, again,\r\nCockstone soup no good;[footnote]Is not good[\/footnote]\r\nFrom experience I fink\r\n'Tis de wus' o' food.[footnote]The worst of foods[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nWhen de reapin'-time come roun ',\r\nI dry fe me part;[footnote]I dry my share[\/footnote]\r\nSellin i', when it get scarce,\r\nFor a bob a quart.[footnote]The usual price is 'bit,' i.e., 4 1\/2d[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nWhen you need a bellyful,\r\nGrip!n' piece o' one,\r\nShub up fire under pot,\r\nPut in dry cockstone.","rendered":"

WHEN you want a bellyful,
\nTearin’ piece o’ one,[1]<\/sup><\/a>
\nMek up fire, wash you’ pot,
\nFull i’ wid cockstone.[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Nuttin’ good as cockstone soup
\nFor a bellyful;
\nOnly, when you use i’ hot,
\nYou can sweat no bull.[3]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

An’ to mek you know de trut’,
\nDere’s anedder flaw;
\nEf you use too much o’ i’,
\nIt wi’ paunch you’ maw.[4]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Growin’ wid de fat blue corn,
\nPretty cockstone peas —
\nLilly blossom, vi’let-like,[5]<\/sup><\/a>
\nDrawin’ wuker bees–<\/p>\n

We look on dem growin’ dere,
\nPokin’ up dem head,
\nLilly, lilly, t’rough de corn,
\nTill de pod dem shed.[6]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

An’ we watch de all-green pods
\nStripin’ bit by bit;
\nGreen leaves gettin’ yellow coat,
\nShowin dey were fit.[7]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

So we went an’ pull dem up,[8]<\/sup><\/a>
\nReaped a goodly lot,
\nShell some o’ de pinkish grain,
\nPut dem in a pot.[9]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

But I tell you, Sir, again,
\nCockstone soup no good;[10]<\/sup><\/a>
\nFrom experience I fink
\n‘Tis de wus’ o’ food.[11]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

When de reapin’-time come roun ‘,
\nI dry fe me part;[12]<\/sup><\/a>
\nSellin i’, when it get scarce,
\nFor a bob a quart.[13]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

When you need a bellyful,
\nGrip!n’ piece o’ one,
\nShub up fire under pot,
\nPut in dry cockstone.<\/p>\n

  1. This whole line is a single intensifying adjective; and the two lines together are equivalent to \"When you want a tremendous bellyful.\" ↵<\/a><\/li>
  2. Red peas, French beans ↵<\/a><\/li>
  3. It makes you sweat like a ('no'\u2014pronounced very short in this sense) bull ↵<\/a><\/li>
  4. Make your belly swell ↵<\/a><\/li>
  5. Violet coloured ↵<\/a><\/li>
  6. Until the pods are formed ↵<\/a><\/li>
  7. Showing that the peas were fit to pick ↵<\/a><\/li>
  8. These red peas are pulled up by the roots ↵<\/a><\/li>
  9. In the pot ↵<\/a><\/li>
  10. Is not good ↵<\/a><\/li>
  11. The worst of foods ↵<\/a><\/li>
  12. I dry my share ↵<\/a><\/li>
  13. The usual price is 'bit,' i.e., 4 1\/2d ↵<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":251,"menu_order":41,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-156","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\/156","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\/156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/156\/revisions\/157"}],"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\/156\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=156"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=156"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}