{"id":189,"date":"2021-06-17T10:20:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T14:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&p=189"},"modified":"2022-02-03T08:59:14","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T13:59:14","slug":"jubba","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/jubba\/","title":{"raw":"Jubba","rendered":"Jubba"},"content":{"raw":"[Footnote on the title: \"Jubba\"[footnote]The 'u' has the value of the 'oo' in look[\/footnote]]\r\n\r\nMy Jubba waiting dere fe me;\r\nMe, knowin', went out on de spree,\r\nAn' she, she wait deh till midnight,\r\nBleach-bleachin' in de cold moonlight:\r\nAn' when at last I did go home\r\nI found out dat she had just come,\r\nAn' now she tu'n her back away,\r\nAn' won't listen a wud I say.\r\n\r\nForgive me, Jubba, Jubba dear,\r\nAs you are standing, standing there,\r\nAn' I will no more mek you grieve,\r\nMy Jubba, ef you'll but forgive.\r\n\r\nI'll go to no more dancing booth,\r\nI'll play no more wid flirty Ruth,\r\nI didn' mean a t'ing, Jubba,\r\nI didn' know you'd bex fe da';\r\nI only took two set o' dance\r\nAn' at de bidding[footnote]An auction of loaves of fine bread, profusely decorated by the baker's art, is a feature of rustic dances[\/footnote] tried me chance;\r\nI buy de big crown-bread fe you,\r\nAn' won't you tek it, Jubba ? \u2014do.\r\n\r\nForgive me, Jubba, Jubba dear, etc.\r\n\r\nIt was a nice tea-meeting though,\r\nNone o' de boy dem wasn' slow,\r\nAn' it was pack' wid pretty gal,\r\nSo de young man was in dem sall;[footnote]So the young men had a fine time of it[\/footnote]\r\nBut when I 'member you a yard[footnote]In the yard, i.e., at home[\/footnote]\r\nI know dat you would t'ink it hard,\r\nAldough, Jubba, 'twas sake o' spite\r\nMek say you wouldn' come te-night.[footnote]Out of caprice Jubba had refused to go to the dance; she was jealously watching outside the booth, while her young man imagined she was at home[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nForgive me, Jubba, Jubba dear, etc.\r\n\r\nl Ief' you, Jub, in such a state,\r\nI neber knew dat you would wait i\r\nYet all de while I couldn' res',\r\nDe t'ought o' you was in me breas';\r\nSo nummo time I couldn' was'e,\r\nBut me go get me pillow-case[footnote]The usual receptacle for bread[\/footnote]\r\nAn' put in deh you bread an' cake\r\nForgive me, Jubba, fe God sake!\r\n\r\nForgive me, Jubba, Jubba dear, etc.","rendered":"

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

My Jubba waiting dere fe me;
\nMe, knowin', went out on de spree,
\nAn' she, she wait deh till midnight,
\nBleach-bleachin' in de cold moonlight:
\nAn' when at last I did go home
\nI found out dat she had just come,
\nAn' now she tu'n her back away,
\nAn' won't listen a wud I say.<\/p>\n

Forgive me, Jubba, Jubba dear,
\nAs you are standing, standing there,
\nAn' I will no more mek you grieve,
\nMy Jubba, ef you'll but forgive.<\/p>\n

I'll go to no more dancing booth,
\nI'll play no more wid flirty Ruth,
\nI didn' mean a t'ing, Jubba,
\nI didn' know you'd bex fe da';
\nI only took two set o' dance
\nAn' at de bidding[2]<\/sup><\/a> tried me chance;
\nI buy de big crown-bread fe you,
\nAn' won't you tek it, Jubba ? \u2014do.<\/p>\n

Forgive me, Jubba, Jubba dear, etc.<\/p>\n

It was a nice tea-meeting though,
\nNone o' de boy dem wasn' slow,
\nAn' it was pack' wid pretty gal,
\nSo de young man was in dem sall;[3]<\/sup><\/a>
\nBut when I 'member you a yard[4]<\/sup><\/a>
\nI know dat you would t'ink it hard,
\nAldough, Jubba, 'twas sake o' spite
\nMek say you wouldn' come te-night.[5]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Forgive me, Jubba, Jubba dear, etc.<\/p>\n

l Ief' you, Jub, in such a state,
\nI neber knew dat you would wait i
\nYet all de while I couldn' res',
\nDe t'ought o' you was in me breas';
\nSo nummo time I couldn' was'e,
\nBut me go get me pillow-case[6]<\/sup><\/a>
\nAn' put in deh you bread an' cake
\nForgive me, Jubba, fe God sake!<\/p>\n

Forgive me, Jubba, Jubba dear, etc.<\/p>\n

  1. The 'u' has the value of the 'oo' in look ↵<\/a><\/li>
  2. An auction of loaves of fine bread, profusely decorated by the baker's art, is a feature of rustic dances ↵<\/a><\/li>
  3. So the young men had a fine time of it ↵<\/a><\/li>
  4. In the yard, i.e., at home ↵<\/a><\/li>
  5. Out of caprice Jubba had refused to go to the dance; she was jealously watching outside the booth, while her young man imagined she was at home ↵<\/a><\/li>
  6. The usual receptacle for bread ↵<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":251,"menu_order":51,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-189","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\/189","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\/189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/189\/revisions\/190"}],"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\/189\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=189"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=189"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}