{"id":236,"date":"2021-06-17T11:28:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T15:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&p=236"},"modified":"2022-02-03T09:02:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T14:02:06","slug":"disillusioned","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/disillusioned\/","title":{"raw":"Disillusioned","rendered":"Disillusioned"},"content":{"raw":"[Note: This is a sequel to a poem in Songs of Jamaica<\/em>, \"My Pretty Dan\"<\/a>]<\/span>\r\n\r\nCAN you leave me so, my Dan,\r\nCan you leave you' little Fan\r\n'Ter all o' me lub fe you?--\r\nAn' my heart is still true, true.\r\n\r\nCan you leave me, leave me so,\r\nFull me heart wid grief an' woe,\r\nLeave me to a bitter fate,\r\nWhen I'm in dis awful state?\r\n\r\n'Member you de days gone by\r\nWhen for me you said you'd die?\r\nHow you let me see you' heart,\r\nVowing we could never part?\r\n\r\n'Member you my foolish pride\r\nWhen we be'n up mountain-side?\r\nHow you go do'n 'pon you' knee,\r\nSayin' you'd be true to me?\r\n\r\nAn' I followed you away\r\nDo'n to dis ya dreary bay;\r\nFool to lef me mudder's home,\r\nWhen she said me shouldn' come!\r\n\r\nNow, sake ob a to'n-bred miss,\r\nYou mus' treat me laka dis!\r\nTramplin' me under you' feet,\r\nTu'nin' me out in de street.\r\n\r\nWill she warm you when you're chill?\r\nWill you get of lub you' fill ?\r\nWill she starve herse'f fe you,\r\nAs I always use' fe do?\r\n\r\nWill a to'n gal go bare-feet,\r\nJes' fe try mek two ends meet?\r\nWill she car' water an' wash,\r\nJes' fe help out you' lee cash?\r\n\r\nIs she sweet an' undefile'\r\nAs you took me, jes' a chil',\r\nTo' I knew about de wul',\r\nGave to you my pure pure soul?\r\n\r\nWill you leave me all forlorn\r\nTo' de lilly baby's born?\r\nWho wi' eber tek me in\r\nWid dis dreadful load o' sin?\r\n\r\nFoolish, foolish young gals who\r\nT'ink a constab could be true!\r\nFoolish, foolish every one\r\nWho will trus' a policeman!\r\n\r\nDem wi' ondly try fe rob\r\nAll de good you mighta hab;\r\nAn' 'fo' you can count de cost,\r\nYou wi' find you'se'f lost, lost.\r\n\r\nWill you leave me, heartless Dan,\r\nFor a risky to'n woman?\r\nWhen I'm burdened do'n wid woe,\r\nWill you leave me, leave me so?","rendered":"

[Note: This is a sequel to a poem in Songs of Jamaica<\/em>, “My Pretty Dan”<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n

CAN you leave me so, my Dan,
\nCan you leave you’ little Fan
\n‘Ter all o’ me lub fe you?–
\nAn’ my heart is still true, true.<\/p>\n

Can you leave me, leave me so,
\nFull me heart wid grief an’ woe,
\nLeave me to a bitter fate,
\nWhen I’m in dis awful state?<\/p>\n

‘Member you de days gone by
\nWhen for me you said you’d die?
\nHow you let me see you’ heart,
\nVowing we could never part?<\/p>\n

‘Member you my foolish pride
\nWhen we be’n up mountain-side?
\nHow you go do’n ‘pon you’ knee,
\nSayin’ you’d be true to me?<\/p>\n

An’ I followed you away
\nDo’n to dis ya dreary bay;
\nFool to lef me mudder’s home,
\nWhen she said me shouldn’ come!<\/p>\n

Now, sake ob a to’n-bred miss,
\nYou mus’ treat me laka dis!
\nTramplin’ me under you’ feet,
\nTu’nin’ me out in de street.<\/p>\n

Will she warm you when you’re chill?
\nWill you get of lub you’ fill ?
\nWill she starve herse’f fe you,
\nAs I always use’ fe do?<\/p>\n

Will a to’n gal go bare-feet,
\nJes’ fe try mek two ends meet?
\nWill she car’ water an’ wash,
\nJes’ fe help out you’ lee cash?<\/p>\n

Is she sweet an’ undefile’
\nAs you took me, jes’ a chil’,
\nTo’ I knew about de wul’,
\nGave to you my pure pure soul?<\/p>\n

Will you leave me all forlorn
\nTo’ de lilly baby’s born?
\nWho wi’ eber tek me in
\nWid dis dreadful load o’ sin?<\/p>\n

Foolish, foolish young gals who
\nT’ink a constab could be true!
\nFoolish, foolish every one
\nWho will trus’ a policeman!<\/p>\n

Dem wi’ ondly try fe rob
\nAll de good you mighta hab;
\nAn’ ‘fo’ you can count de cost,
\nYou wi’ find you’se’f lost, lost.<\/p>\n

Will you leave me, heartless Dan,
\nFor a risky to’n woman?
\nWhen I’m burdened do’n wid woe,
\nWill you leave me, leave me so?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"menu_order":14,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-236","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":192,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/236","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":3,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":239,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/236\/revisions\/239"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/192"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/236\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=236"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=236"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}