{"id":40,"date":"2021-06-14T10:49:32","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T14:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&p=40"},"modified":"2022-02-03T08:44:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T13:44:57","slug":"little-jim","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/little-jim\/","title":{"raw":"Little Jim","rendered":"Little Jim"},"content":{"raw":"Me lard! me caan' bear it no mo'!\r\n'Twill kill me dead, dis bad sore toe;\r\nAll day all night, 'tis de same,\r\nMek me a bawl out Massa name.[footnote]Making me bawl (pronounce bahl) out Massa's (God's) name[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nO Lard o' me, a 'fraid[footnote]I am afraid[\/footnote] to tu'n,\r\nDe way de dreadful bluestone bu'n![footnote]So dreadfully does the bluestone (sulphate of copper) burn[\/footnote]\r\nA[footnote]I[\/footnote] feel it movin' t'rough me j'ints,\r\nLike million load o' needle-p'ints.\r\n\r\nAn' oh! me schoolmates dem[footnote]Redundant word. It is tacked closely to the preceding word[\/footnote] did laugh\r\nDe day I nearly knock'[footnote]Knocked[\/footnote] it off;\r\nMe laugh meself fe sake o' shame,[footnote]I laughted myself, out of bravado[\/footnote]\r\nAn' didn' know I'd go so lame.\r\n\r\nI didna' then t'ink what I'd got\u2014[footnote]I did not then picture to myself the extent of the injury[\/footnote]\r\nGood Lard, mumma de bluestone hot![footnote]Is painful[\/footnote]\r\nI tell you, a wi' lose me head;[footnote]I shall go out of my mind, I tell you[\/footnote]\r\nYou satisfy to kill me dead?[footnote]Can it be that you don't care whether you kill me or not?[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nAn' oh! it is a double pain,\r\nFor I caan' go to school again,\r\nTo gellop over fyahn[footnote]To gallop over fern[\/footnote] an ditch,\r\nAn' crew de j'int o' teacher switch.[footnote]To screw the joint of teacher's switch, is to cut it so that it breaks when he uses it[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nNo mo' roas' corn[footnote]Baked cob of green maize[\/footnote] fe little Jim,\r\nDem say dat it no good[footnote]They say it is not good[\/footnote] fe him:\r\nMe hide me face, for me caan' bear\r\nTo see dem passin' wid de pear.[footnote]Alligator pear (Persea gratissima), not allowed to those suffering from wounds[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nBut me a don't gwin'[footnote]The half toe will get well some day[\/footnote] to fret,\r\nDe half a toe wi' better get:\r\nI'll go to school once more, go bad;[footnote]Play the mischief; play tricks. The a sounds as in French la.[\/footnote]\r\nAy it ease me a bit,[footnote]It is a bit easier[\/footnote] t'ank God!","rendered":"

Me lard! me caan’ bear it no mo’!
\n‘Twill kill me dead, dis bad sore toe;
\nAll day all night, ’tis de same,
\nMek me a bawl out Massa name.[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

O Lard o’ me, a ‘fraid[2]<\/sup><\/a> to tu’n,
\nDe way de dreadful bluestone bu’n![3]<\/sup><\/a>
\nA[4]<\/sup><\/a> feel it movin’ t’rough me j’ints,
\nLike million load o’ needle-p’ints.<\/p>\n

An’ oh! me schoolmates dem[5]<\/sup><\/a> did laugh
\nDe day I nearly knock’[6]<\/sup><\/a> it off;
\nMe laugh meself fe sake o’ shame,[7]<\/sup><\/a>
\nAn’ didn’ know I’d go so lame.<\/p>\n

I didna’ then t’ink what I’d got\u2014[8]<\/sup><\/a>
\nGood Lard, mumma de bluestone hot![9]<\/sup><\/a>
\nI tell you, a wi’ lose me head;[10]<\/sup><\/a>
\nYou satisfy to kill me dead?[11]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

An’ oh! it is a double pain,
\nFor I caan’ go to school again,
\nTo gellop over fyahn[12]<\/sup><\/a> an ditch,
\nAn’ crew de j’int o’ teacher switch.[13]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

No mo’ roas’ corn[14]<\/sup><\/a> fe little Jim,
\nDem say dat it no good[15]<\/sup><\/a> fe him:
\nMe hide me face, for me caan’ bear
\nTo see dem passin’ wid de pear.[16]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

But me a don’t gwin’[17]<\/sup><\/a> to fret,
\nDe half a toe wi’ better get:
\nI’ll go to school once more, go bad;[18]<\/sup><\/a>
\nAy it ease me a bit,[19]<\/sup><\/a> t’ank God!<\/p>\n

  1. Making me bawl (pronounce bahl) out Massa's (God's) name ↵<\/a><\/li>
  2. I am afraid ↵<\/a><\/li>
  3. So dreadfully does the bluestone (sulphate of copper) burn ↵<\/a><\/li>
  4. I ↵<\/a><\/li>
  5. Redundant word. It is tacked closely to the preceding word ↵<\/a><\/li>
  6. Knocked ↵<\/a><\/li>
  7. I laughted myself, out of bravado ↵<\/a><\/li>
  8. I did not then picture to myself the extent of the injury ↵<\/a><\/li>
  9. Is painful ↵<\/a><\/li>
  10. I shall go out of my mind, I tell you ↵<\/a><\/li>
  11. Can it be that you don't care whether you kill me or not? ↵<\/a><\/li>
  12. To gallop over fern ↵<\/a><\/li>
  13. To screw the joint of teacher's switch, is to cut it so that it breaks when he uses it ↵<\/a><\/li>
  14. Baked cob of green maize ↵<\/a><\/li>
  15. They say it is not good ↵<\/a><\/li>
  16. Alligator pear (Persea gratissima), not allowed to those suffering from wounds ↵<\/a><\/li>
  17. The half toe will get well some day ↵<\/a><\/li>
  18. Play the mischief; play tricks. The a sounds as in French la. ↵<\/a><\/li>
  19. It is a bit easier ↵<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":251,"menu_order":6,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-40","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\/40","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\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/40\/revisions\/41"}],"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\/40\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=40"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=40"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}