{"id":165,"date":"2021-06-17T09:40:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T13:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&p=165"},"modified":"2022-02-03T08:57:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T13:57:29","slug":"my-pretty-dan","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/my-pretty-dan\/","title":{"raw":"My Pretty Dan","rendered":"My Pretty Dan"},"content":{"raw":"I HAVE a p\u00f3liceman down at de Bay,[footnote] Morant Bay and similarly named seaside towns are always called imply 'the Bay' by tbe people of the district[\/footnote]\r\nAn' he is true to me though far away.\r\n\r\nI love my p\u00f3lice, and he loves me too,\r\nAn' he has promised he'll be ever true.\r\n\r\nMy little bobby is a darlin' one,\r\nAn' he's de prettiest you could set eyes 'pon.\r\n\r\nWhen he be'n station' up de countryside,\r\nFus' time I shun him sake o' foolish pride.\r\n\r\nBut as I watched him patrolling his beat,\r\nI got to find out he was nice an' neat.\r\n\r\nMore still I foun' out he was extra kin',\r\nAn' dat his precious heart was wholly mine.\r\n\r\nDen I became his own a true sweetheart,\r\nAn' while life last we're hopin' not fe part.\r\n\r\nHe wears a truncheon an' a handcuff case,\r\nAn' pretty cap to match his pretty face.\r\n\r\nDear lilly p'liceman stationed down de sout',\r\nI feel your kisses rainin' on my mout'.\r\n\r\nI could not give against[footnote]Revile, abuse, vilify[\/footnote] a policeman;\r\nFor if I do, how could I lub my Dan?\r\n\r\nPrettiest of naygur is my dear police,\r\nWe'll lub foreber, an' our lub won't cease.\r\n\r\nI have a policeman down at de Bay,\r\nAn' he is true to me though far away.","rendered":"

I HAVE a p\u00f3liceman down at de Bay,[1]<\/sup><\/a>
\nAn’ he is true to me though far away.<\/p>\n

I love my p\u00f3lice, and he loves me too,
\nAn’ he has promised he’ll be ever true.<\/p>\n

My little bobby is a darlin’ one,
\nAn’ he’s de prettiest you could set eyes ‘pon.<\/p>\n

When he be’n station’ up de countryside,
\nFus’ time I shun him sake o’ foolish pride.<\/p>\n

But as I watched him patrolling his beat,
\nI got to find out he was nice an’ neat.<\/p>\n

More still I foun’ out he was extra kin’,
\nAn’ dat his precious heart was wholly mine.<\/p>\n

Den I became his own a true sweetheart,
\nAn’ while life last we’re hopin’ not fe part.<\/p>\n

He wears a truncheon an’ a handcuff case,
\nAn’ pretty cap to match his pretty face.<\/p>\n

Dear lilly p’liceman stationed down de sout’,
\nI feel your kisses rainin’ on my mout’.<\/p>\n

I could not give against[2]<\/sup><\/a> a policeman;
\nFor if I do, how could I lub my Dan?<\/p>\n

Prettiest of naygur is my dear police,
\nWe’ll lub foreber, an’ our lub won’t cease.<\/p>\n

I have a policeman down at de Bay,
\nAn’ he is true to me though far away.<\/p>\n

  1. Morant Bay and similarly named seaside towns are always called imply 'the Bay' by tbe people of the district ↵<\/a><\/li>
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