{"id":179,"date":"2021-06-17T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&p=179"},"modified":"2022-02-03T08:58:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T13:58:41","slug":"my-mountain-home","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/my-mountain-home\/","title":{"raw":"My Mountain Home","rendered":"My Mountain Home"},"content":{"raw":"De mango tree in yellow bloom,\r\nDe pretty akee seed,\r\nDe mammee where de John-to-whits[footnote]Pronounce in two syllables[\/footnote] come\r\nTo have their daily feed,\r\n\r\nShow you de place where I was born,\r\nOf which I am so proud,\r\n'Mongst de banana-field an' corn\r\nOn a lone mountain-road.\r\n\r\nOne Sunday marnin' 'fo' de hour\r\nFe service-time come on,\r\nMa say dat I be'n born to her\r\nHer little las'y[footnote]Lasty, dimuntive of \"last\"[\/footnote] son.\r\n\r\nThose early days be'n neber dull,\r\nMy heart was ebergreen;\r\nHow I did lub my little wul'\r\nSurrounded by pingwin![footnote]The wild pineapple (Bromelia Pinguin)[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nAn' growin' up, with sweet freedom\r\nAbout de yard I'd run;\r\nAn' tired out I'd hide me from\r\nDe fierce heat of de sun.\r\n\r\nSo glad I was de fus' day when\r\nMa sent me to de spring;\r\nI was so happy feelin' then\r\nDat I could do somet'ing.\r\n\r\nDe early days pass quickly 'long,\r\nSoon I became a man,\r\nAn' one day found myself among\r\nStrange folks in a strange Ian'.\r\n\r\nMy little joys, my wholesome min',\r\nDey bullied out o' me,\r\nAnd made me daily mourn an' pine\r\nAn' wish dat I was free.\r\n\r\nDey taught me to distrust my life,\r\nDey taught me what was grief;\r\nFor months I travailed in de strife,\r\n'Fa' I could find relief.\r\n\r\nBut I'll return again, my Will,\r\nAn' where my wild ferns grow\r\nAn' weep for me on Dawkin's Hill,\r\nDere, Willie, I shall go.\r\n\r\nAn' dere is somet'ing near forgot,\r\nAlthough I lub it best;\r\nIt is de loved, de hallowed spot\r\nWhere my dear mother rest.\r\n\r\nLook good[footnote]Carefully[\/footnote] an' find it, Willie dear,\r\nSee dat from bush 'tis free;\r\nRemember that my heart is near,\r\nAn' you say you lub me.\r\n\r\nAn' plant on it my fav'rite fern,\r\nWhich I be'n usual wear;\r\nIn days to come I shall return\r\nTo end my wand'rin's dere.","rendered":"

De mango tree in yellow bloom,
\nDe pretty akee seed,
\nDe mammee where de John-to-whits[1]<\/sup><\/a> come
\nTo have their daily feed,<\/p>\n

Show you de place where I was born,
\nOf which I am so proud,
\n‘Mongst de banana-field an’ corn
\nOn a lone mountain-road.<\/p>\n

One Sunday marnin’ ‘fo’ de hour
\nFe service-time come on,
\nMa say dat I be’n born to her
\nHer little las’y[2]<\/sup><\/a> son.<\/p>\n

Those early days be’n neber dull,
\nMy heart was ebergreen;
\nHow I did lub my little wul’
\nSurrounded by pingwin![3]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

An’ growin’ up, with sweet freedom
\nAbout de yard I’d run;
\nAn’ tired out I’d hide me from
\nDe fierce heat of de sun.<\/p>\n

So glad I was de fus’ day when
\nMa sent me to de spring;
\nI was so happy feelin’ then
\nDat I could do somet’ing.<\/p>\n

De early days pass quickly ‘long,
\nSoon I became a man,
\nAn’ one day found myself among
\nStrange folks in a strange Ian’.<\/p>\n

My little joys, my wholesome min’,
\nDey bullied out o’ me,
\nAnd made me daily mourn an’ pine
\nAn’ wish dat I was free.<\/p>\n

Dey taught me to distrust my life,
\nDey taught me what was grief;
\nFor months I travailed in de strife,
\n‘Fa’ I could find relief.<\/p>\n

But I’ll return again, my Will,
\nAn’ where my wild ferns grow
\nAn’ weep for me on Dawkin’s Hill,
\nDere, Willie, I shall go.<\/p>\n

An’ dere is somet’ing near forgot,
\nAlthough I lub it best;
\nIt is de loved, de hallowed spot
\nWhere my dear mother rest.<\/p>\n

Look good[4]<\/sup><\/a> an’ find it, Willie dear,
\nSee dat from bush ’tis free;
\nRemember that my heart is near,
\nAn’ you say you lub me.<\/p>\n

An’ plant on it my fav’rite fern,
\nWhich I be’n usual wear;
\nIn days to come I shall return
\nTo end my wand’rin’s dere.<\/p>\n

  1. Pronounce in two syllables ↵<\/a><\/li>
  2. Lasty, dimuntive of \"last\" ↵<\/a><\/li>
  3. The wild pineapple (Bromelia Pinguin) ↵<\/a><\/li>
  4. Carefully ↵<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":251,"menu_order":47,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-179","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\/179","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\/179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/179\/revisions\/180"}],"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\/179\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=179"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=179"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}