{"id":76,"date":"2021-06-15T10:29:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T14:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&p=76"},"modified":"2022-02-03T08:49:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T13:49:22","slug":"retribution","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/retribution\/","title":{"raw":"Retribution","rendered":"Retribution"},"content":{"raw":"DE mule dem in de pasture an' de donkey 'pon red groun',[footnote]Poor patchy land with open spaces of red earth[\/footnote]\r\nAn' we boys mus' ketch dem all befo' de evenin' sun go do'n;\r\nDe tas' it isn't easy for de whole o' dem can run,\r\nAn' grass-lice[footnote]Small ticks[\/footnote] lie do'n set.'\r\n\r\nGrass-lice dat mek you trimble long time more dan when you meet\r\nA man dat mean to fight you who you know you cannot beat;\r\nDem mek you feel you' blood crawl from you' head do'n to you' feet,\r\nAn' wish dat you b'en wet.\r\n\r\nAn', like a 'pite, see all de mule a 'ketter t'rough de grass,\r\nSo chupidly a-followin ' de foolish ole jackass;\r\nBut when you hea' we ketch dem, we wi' serve dem such a sauce\r\nBy ridin' dem to deat'!\r\n\r\nWe breat' is partly givin' out as up de hill we go up;\r\nDe beast dem seem to understan' say \"Day longer 'an rope,\"[footnote]Ro\u00b7op, in two syllables. The proverb means, \"I'll be even with you\"[\/footnote]\r\nAn' dat de night wi' come befo' we ketch dem is deir hope;\r\nBut we shall conquer yet.\r\n\r\nFor though dem t'ink dem hab some sense, dem all run right between\r\nDe rocky road above de swamp, where it hab eber been\r\nOur luck to nab dem in de trap dat neber can be seen\r\nBy dem \u2014 Dey're in de net!\r\n\r\nWe hab dem pullin' on de bit as we race mile 'pon mile,\r\nAn' grass-lice in we back a crawl an' 'ting us all de while;\r\nBut blood is drippin' from dem mout', 'twill teach dem not fe vile,\r\nWe'll race dem out o' breat'.","rendered":"

DE mule dem in de pasture an’ de donkey ‘pon red groun’,[1]<\/sup><\/a>
\nAn’ we boys mus’ ketch dem all befo’ de evenin’ sun go do’n;
\nDe tas’ it isn’t easy for de whole o’ dem can run,
\nAn’ grass-lice[2]<\/sup><\/a> lie do’n set.’<\/p>\n

Grass-lice dat mek you trimble long time more dan when you meet
\nA man dat mean to fight you who you know you cannot beat;
\nDem mek you feel you’ blood crawl from you’ head do’n to you’ feet,
\nAn’ wish dat you b’en wet.<\/p>\n

An’, like a ‘pite, see all de mule a ‘ketter t’rough de grass,
\nSo chupidly a-followin ‘ de foolish ole jackass;
\nBut when you hea’ we ketch dem, we wi’ serve dem such a sauce
\nBy ridin’ dem to deat’!<\/p>\n

We breat’ is partly givin’ out as up de hill we go up;
\nDe beast dem seem to understan’ say “Day longer ‘an rope,”[3]<\/sup><\/a>
\nAn’ dat de night wi’ come befo’ we ketch dem is deir hope;
\nBut we shall conquer yet.<\/p>\n

For though dem t’ink dem hab some sense, dem all run right between
\nDe rocky road above de swamp, where it hab eber been
\nOur luck to nab dem in de trap dat neber can be seen
\nBy dem \u2014 Dey’re in de net!<\/p>\n

We hab dem pullin’ on de bit as we race mile ‘pon mile,
\nAn’ grass-lice in we back a crawl an’ ‘ting us all de while;
\nBut blood is drippin’ from dem mout’, ’twill teach dem not fe vile,
\nWe’ll race dem out o’ breat’.<\/p>\n

  1. Poor patchy land with open spaces of red earth ↵<\/a><\/li>
  2. Small ticks ↵<\/a><\/li>
  3. Ro\u00b7op, in two syllables. The proverb means, \"I'll be even with you\" ↵<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":251,"menu_order":17,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-76","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\/76","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\/76\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/76\/revisions\/78"}],"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\/76\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=76"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=76"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}