{"id":34,"date":"2021-06-14T10:15:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T14:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&p=34"},"modified":"2022-02-03T08:44:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T13:44:29","slug":"lub-o-mine","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/lub-o-mine\/","title":{"raw":"Lub O' Mine","rendered":"Lub O’ Mine"},"content":{"raw":"DARLIN', though you lub me still,\r\nI feel it so,\r\nTo t'ink dat we neber will\r\nMeet soon, you know;\r\n\r\nEben when you tell me say[footnote]Although you do tell me[\/footnote]\r\nDat your dear heart[footnote]Love[\/footnote]\r\nDid grow 'tronger ebery day\r\nAn' hate fe part.\r\n\r\nFeelin' all you' lub for me,\r\nI t'ink[footnote]Imagine[\/footnote] you press\r\nYour heart, as it use' to be,[footnote]As formerly[\/footnote]\r\nUpon me breas'.\r\n\r\nLubin' you wid all me soul,\r\nDe lub is such\r\nDat it beat out blood,[footnote]Beats out relations \u2014 i.e., makes relations nothing[\/footnote] \u2014 de whole,[footnote]Father and mother and all[\/footnote]\r\nAn' dat is much.\r\n\r\nLubin' you as you go 'long\r\nIn a you walk;[footnote]In your walk[\/footnote]\r\nAlso when you chune[footnote]Tune = sing[\/footnote] a song,\r\nAn' as you talk.\r\n\r\nAn' a so I hate fe see[footnote]An I so hate to see[\/footnote]\r\nYou go astray\r\nIn those t'ings dat you and me\r\nCan cast away.[footnote]Need not do[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nLub, I dyin'[footnote]I am dying[\/footnote] fe you' smile,\r\nAn' some sweet news\r\nDat can cheer me heart awhile\r\nFe wha' it lose.\r\n\r\nLub me, darlin' \u2014 lub, aldough\r\nYou are now gone:\r\nYou can never leave me so \u2014\r\nFriendless-alone.","rendered":"

DARLIN’, though you lub me still,
\nI feel it so,
\nTo t’ink dat we neber will
\nMeet soon, you know;<\/p>\n

Eben when you tell me say[1]<\/sup><\/a>
\nDat your dear heart[2]<\/sup><\/a>
\nDid grow ‘tronger ebery day
\nAn’ hate fe part.<\/p>\n

Feelin’ all you’ lub for me,
\nI t’ink[3]<\/sup><\/a> you press
\nYour heart, as it use’ to be,[4]<\/sup><\/a>
\nUpon me breas’.<\/p>\n

Lubin’ you wid all me soul,
\nDe lub is such
\nDat it beat out blood,[5]<\/sup><\/a> \u2014 de whole,[6]<\/sup><\/a>
\nAn’ dat is much.<\/p>\n

Lubin’ you as you go ‘long
\nIn a you walk;[7]<\/sup><\/a>
\nAlso when you chune[8]<\/sup><\/a> a song,
\nAn’ as you talk.<\/p>\n

An’ a so I hate fe see[9]<\/sup><\/a>
\nYou go astray
\nIn those t’ings dat you and me
\nCan cast away.[10]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Lub, I dyin’[11]<\/sup><\/a> fe you’ smile,
\nAn’ some sweet news
\nDat can cheer me heart awhile
\nFe wha’ it lose.<\/p>\n

Lub me, darlin’ \u2014 lub, aldough
\nYou are now gone:
\nYou can never leave me so \u2014
\nFriendless-alone.<\/p>\n

  1. Although you do tell me ↵<\/a><\/li>
  2. Love ↵<\/a><\/li>
  3. Imagine ↵<\/a><\/li>
  4. As formerly ↵<\/a><\/li>
  5. Beats out relations \u2014 i.e., makes relations nothing ↵<\/a><\/li>
  6. Father and mother and all ↵<\/a><\/li>
  7. In your walk ↵<\/a><\/li>
  8. Tune = sing ↵<\/a><\/li>
  9. An I so hate to see ↵<\/a><\/li>
  10. Need not do ↵<\/a><\/li>
  11. I am dying ↵<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":251,"menu_order":4,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-34","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\/34","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/34\/revisions\/36"}],"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\/34\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}