{"id":276,"date":"2021-06-18T09:19:13","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T13:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&p=276"},"modified":"2022-02-03T09:09:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T14:09:26","slug":"sukee-river-1912-version","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/sukee-river-1912-version\/","title":{"raw":"Sukee River (1912 version)","rendered":"Sukee River (1912 version)"},"content":{"raw":"I SHALL love you ever,\r\nDearest Sukee River:\r\nDash against my broken heart,\r\nNevermore from you I'll part,\r\nBut will stay forever,\r\nCrystal Sukee River.[footnote]A river in Clarendon. Pronounce Sooky, with 'oo' as in look[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nCool my fevered brow:\r\nAh ! 'tis better now,\r\nAs I serpent-like lance t'rough\r\nYour broad pool o' deepest blue!\r\nDis once burnin' brow\r\nIs more better now.\r\n\r\nAll about me dashin',\r\nH'is'in' up an' splashin',\r\nBubbles like de turtle-berries,\r\nJostlin' wid de yerry-yerries,\r\nAll about me dashin'\r\nH'is'in' up an' splashin'.\r\n\r\nOh! dis blissful swim,\r\nLike a fairy dream!\r\nJumpin' off de time-worn plank,\r\nPupperlicks[footnote]Pupperlicks: head over heels; turning somersaults[\/footnote] from bank to bank,\r\nDis delightful swim\r\nIs a fairy dream.\r\n\r\nKiss my naked breast\r\nIn its black skin drest:\r\nLet your dainty silver bubbles\r\nEase it of its lifelong troubles,\r\nDis my naked breast\r\nIn its black skin drest.\r\n\r\nFloatin', floatin' down\r\nOn my back alone,\r\nKiss me on my upturned face,\r\nClasp me in your fond embrace,\r\nAs I'm floatin' down\r\nHappy, yet alone.\r\n\r\nWavelets laughin' hound me,\r\nRipples glad surround me:\r\nCatchin' at dem light an' gay,\r\nSee dem scamper all away,\r\nAs dey playful hound me,\r\nOr in love surround me.\r\n\r\nT'rough de twistin' dance\r\nOnward do I lance:\r\nOnward under yonder cave\r\nComes wid me a pantin' wave,\r\nSpeedin' from de dance\r\nWid me as I lance.\r\n\r\n'Neat' dis shadin' hedge\r\nGrowin' by your bridge,\r\nI am thinkin' o' you' love,\r\nLove dat not'in' can remove,\r\n'Neat' dis shadin' hedge\r\nGrowin' by your bridge.\r\n\r\nLove more pure, I ken,\r\nDan de love o' men,\r\nKnowin' not de fickle mind\r\nNor de hatred o' my kind;\r\nPurer far, I ken,\r\nDan de love o' men.\r\n\r\nE'en when welcome deaf\r\nClaims dis painful breat',\r\nOf you I will ever think\r\nWho first gave me crystal drink;\r\nE'en when welcome deaf\r\nClaims dis painful breaf.\r\n\r\nFor a little while\r\nI must leave your smile:\r\nRaindrops fallin' from de sky\r\nForce me now to say good-bye;\r\nJes' lee[footnote]Lee: little[\/footnote] bit o' while\r\nI must leave your smile.\r\n\r\nFoamin' Sukee Eiver,\r\nDearer now dan ever,\r\nI'll ne'er roam from you again\r\nTo a life o' so-so pain,\r\nCrystal flowin' river,\r\nDearer now dan ever.","rendered":"

I SHALL love you ever,
\nDearest Sukee River:
\nDash against my broken heart,
\nNevermore from you I’ll part,
\nBut will stay forever,
\nCrystal Sukee River.[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Cool my fevered brow:
\nAh ! ’tis better now,
\nAs I serpent-like lance t’rough
\nYour broad pool o’ deepest blue!
\nDis once burnin’ brow
\nIs more better now.<\/p>\n

All about me dashin’,
\nH’is’in’ up an’ splashin’,
\nBubbles like de turtle-berries,
\nJostlin’ wid de yerry-yerries,
\nAll about me dashin’
\nH’is’in’ up an’ splashin’.<\/p>\n

Oh! dis blissful swim,
\nLike a fairy dream!
\nJumpin’ off de time-worn plank,
\nPupperlicks[2]<\/sup><\/a> from bank to bank,
\nDis delightful swim
\nIs a fairy dream.<\/p>\n

Kiss my naked breast
\nIn its black skin drest:
\nLet your dainty silver bubbles
\nEase it of its lifelong troubles,
\nDis my naked breast
\nIn its black skin drest.<\/p>\n

Floatin’, floatin’ down
\nOn my back alone,
\nKiss me on my upturned face,
\nClasp me in your fond embrace,
\nAs I’m floatin’ down
\nHappy, yet alone.<\/p>\n

Wavelets laughin’ hound me,
\nRipples glad surround me:
\nCatchin’ at dem light an’ gay,
\nSee dem scamper all away,
\nAs dey playful hound me,
\nOr in love surround me.<\/p>\n

T’rough de twistin’ dance
\nOnward do I lance:
\nOnward under yonder cave
\nComes wid me a pantin’ wave,
\nSpeedin’ from de dance
\nWid me as I lance.<\/p>\n

‘Neat’ dis shadin’ hedge
\nGrowin’ by your bridge,
\nI am thinkin’ o’ you’ love,
\nLove dat not’in’ can remove,
\n‘Neat’ dis shadin’ hedge
\nGrowin’ by your bridge.<\/p>\n

Love more pure, I ken,
\nDan de love o’ men,
\nKnowin’ not de fickle mind
\nNor de hatred o’ my kind;
\nPurer far, I ken,
\nDan de love o’ men.<\/p>\n

E’en when welcome deaf
\nClaims dis painful breat’,
\nOf you I will ever think
\nWho first gave me crystal drink;
\nE’en when welcome deaf
\nClaims dis painful breaf.<\/p>\n

For a little while
\nI must leave your smile:
\nRaindrops fallin’ from de sky
\nForce me now to say good-bye;
\nJes’ lee[3]<\/sup><\/a> bit o’ while
\nI must leave your smile.<\/p>\n

Foamin’ Sukee Eiver,
\nDearer now dan ever,
\nI’ll ne’er roam from you again
\nTo a life o’ so-so pain,
\nCrystal flowin’ river,
\nDearer now dan ever.<\/p>\n

  1. A river in Clarendon. Pronounce Sooky, with 'oo' as in look ↵<\/a><\/li>
  2. Pupperlicks: head over heels; turning somersaults ↵<\/a><\/li>
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