{"id":226,"date":"2021-06-17T11:18:37","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T15:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&p=226"},"modified":"2022-02-03T09:01:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T14:01:19","slug":"bumming","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/bumming\/","title":{"raw":"Bumming","rendered":"Bumming"},"content":{"raw":"OF all de people I don't like,\r\nA chief one is de bummer;[footnote]Bumming: cadging, begging for gifts. The 'u' has the value of the oo in book[\/footnote]\r\nHe bums around from morn to night\r\nTrough winter an' t'rough summer.\r\n\r\nEf we should go aroun' John's shop,\r\nAn' he ketch scent o' rum's up,\r\nYou'll soon see'm pokin' up him nose\r\nWid him bare-face an' comes-up.\r\n\r\nEf we are smokin' cigarette,\r\nHe wants a part of it too;\r\nAn' ebery bluff you gi'e to him,\r\nHe's answer got to fit you.\r\n\r\nAnedder thing I really hate\r\nIs, when de touris' come in,\r\nTo see some people flockin' dem,\r\nAn' ebery one a-bummin'.\r\n\r\nI think it is an ugly sight\r\nTo see a bummin' bobby;\r\nYet plenty o' dem tek it for\r\nA precious piece of hobby.[footnote]Many of them make it their favourite practice[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nI proud 'nuff o' me uniform\r\nNot ever to be rummy;\r\nMuch mo' fe lower do'n mese'f\r\nAn' mek my min' feel bummy.\r\n\r\nIf people like to see somet'ing,\r\nIt is a bobby quaffin'\r\nA glass or two o' common rum,\r\nThen drunk, dey start a-laughin'.\r\n\r\nI tell you, all my comrades dear,\r\nDough your pay might be little,\r\nDon't cringe an' fawn 'fore richer men,\r\nDeir pelf's not wort' a tittle.\r\n\r\nMy pay is small, an' yet I live\r\nAn' feel proud as a lord too;\r\nEf you'll be men you soon will find\r\nHow much it can reward you.\r\n\r\nDe honest toil is pure as gold,\r\nAn' he who wuks a penny\r\nCan mek his life as much wort' while\r\nAs he who earns a guinea.\r\n\r\nOur trouble is dat those above\r\nDo oftentimes oppress;\r\nBut we'll laugh at or pity dem,\r\nOr hate dem mo' or less.\r\n\r\nSo we mus' mek de best o' t'ings,\r\nAn' never be too rummish;\r\n'Twill help us many ways, an' 'top\r\nUs all from bein' bummish.","rendered":"

OF all de people I don’t like,
\nA chief one is de bummer;[1]<\/sup><\/a>
\nHe bums around from morn to night
\nTrough winter an’ t’rough summer.<\/p>\n

Ef we should go aroun’ John’s shop,
\nAn’ he ketch scent o’ rum’s up,
\nYou’ll soon see’m pokin’ up him nose
\nWid him bare-face an’ comes-up.<\/p>\n

Ef we are smokin’ cigarette,
\nHe wants a part of it too;
\nAn’ ebery bluff you gi’e to him,
\nHe’s answer got to fit you.<\/p>\n

Anedder thing I really hate
\nIs, when de touris’ come in,
\nTo see some people flockin’ dem,
\nAn’ ebery one a-bummin’.<\/p>\n

I think it is an ugly sight
\nTo see a bummin’ bobby;
\nYet plenty o’ dem tek it for
\nA precious piece of hobby.[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

I proud ’nuff o’ me uniform
\nNot ever to be rummy;
\nMuch mo’ fe lower do’n mese’f
\nAn’ mek my min’ feel bummy.<\/p>\n

If people like to see somet’ing,
\nIt is a bobby quaffin’
\nA glass or two o’ common rum,
\nThen drunk, dey start a-laughin’.<\/p>\n

I tell you, all my comrades dear,
\nDough your pay might be little,
\nDon’t cringe an’ fawn ‘fore richer men,
\nDeir pelf’s not wort’ a tittle.<\/p>\n

My pay is small, an’ yet I live
\nAn’ feel proud as a lord too;
\nEf you’ll be men you soon will find
\nHow much it can reward you.<\/p>\n

De honest toil is pure as gold,
\nAn’ he who wuks a penny
\nCan mek his life as much wort’ while
\nAs he who earns a guinea.<\/p>\n

Our trouble is dat those above
\nDo oftentimes oppress;
\nBut we’ll laugh at or pity dem,
\nOr hate dem mo’ or less.<\/p>\n

So we mus’ mek de best o’ t’ings,
\nAn’ never be too rummish;
\n‘Twill help us many ways, an’ ‘top
\nUs all from bein’ bummish.<\/p>\n

  1. Bumming: cadging, begging for gifts. The 'u' has the value of the oo in book ↵<\/a><\/li>
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