{"id":37,"date":"2021-06-14T10:20:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T14:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&p=37"},"modified":"2022-02-03T08:44:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T13:44:40","slug":"taken-aback","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/taken-aback\/","title":{"raw":"Taken Aback","rendered":"Taken Aback"},"content":{"raw":"Let me go, Joe, for I want go[footnote]To go[\/footnote] home:\r\nCan't stan' wid you,[footnote]I can't stay with you[\/footnote]\r\nFor pa might go[footnote]A redundant word, unaccented[\/footnote] come;\r\nAn' if him only hab him rum,[footnote]If he chances to be in liquor[\/footnote]\r\nI don't know whatever I'll do.\r\n\r\nI must go now, for it's gettin' night\r\nI am afraid,\r\nAn' tis not moonlight:\r\nGive me de last hug, an' do it tight;\r\nMe pa gwin' go knock off me head.[footnote]My papa is going to go (and) knock off my head. The o in \"going\" is pronounced very short, making it sound like a w[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nNo, Joe, don't come!--you will keep me late,\r\nAn' pa might be\r\nIn him[footnote]His[\/footnote] sober state;\r\nHim might get vex'[footnote]Vexed[\/footnote] an' lock up de gate,\r\nDen what will becomin' of me?\r\n\r\nGo wid you, Joe? -- you don't lub me den!\r\nI shame'[footnote]Am ashamed[\/footnote] o' you--\r\nGals caan'[footnote]Can't[\/footnote] trust you men!\r\nAn' I b'en tekin' you fe me frien';[footnote]And I've been taking you for my friend[\/footnote]\r\nGood-night, Joe, you've proven untrue.","rendered":"

Let me go, Joe, for I want go[1]<\/sup><\/a> home:
\nCan’t stan’ wid you,[2]<\/sup><\/a>
\nFor pa might go[3]<\/sup><\/a> come;
\nAn’ if him only hab him rum,[4]<\/sup><\/a>
\nI don’t know whatever I’ll do.<\/p>\n

I must go now, for it’s gettin’ night
\nI am afraid,
\nAn’ tis not moonlight:
\nGive me de last hug, an’ do it tight;
\nMe pa gwin’ go knock off me head.[5]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

No, Joe, don’t come!–you will keep me late,
\nAn’ pa might be
\nIn him[6]<\/sup><\/a> sober state;
\nHim might get vex’[7]<\/sup><\/a> an’ lock up de gate,
\nDen what will becomin’ of me?<\/p>\n

Go wid you, Joe? — you don’t lub me den!
\nI shame’[8]<\/sup><\/a> o’ you–
\nGals caan’[9]<\/sup><\/a> trust you men!
\nAn’ I b’en tekin’ you fe me frien’;[10]<\/sup><\/a>
\nGood-night, Joe, you’ve proven untrue.<\/p>\n

  1. To go ↵<\/a><\/li>
  2. I can't stay with you ↵<\/a><\/li>
  3. A redundant word, unaccented ↵<\/a><\/li>
  4. If he chances to be in liquor ↵<\/a><\/li>
  5. My papa is going to go (and) knock off my head. The o in \"going\" is pronounced very short, making it sound like a w ↵<\/a><\/li>
  6. His ↵<\/a><\/li>
  7. Vexed ↵<\/a><\/li>
  8. Am ashamed ↵<\/a><\/li>
  9. Can't ↵<\/a><\/li>
  10. And I've been taking you for my friend ↵<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":251,"menu_order":5,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-37","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\/37","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\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/37\/revisions\/38"}],"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\/37\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=37"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=37"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}