{"id":98,"date":"2021-06-15T11:25:51","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T15:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&p=98"},"modified":"2022-02-03T08:51:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T13:51:08","slug":"dat-dirty-rum","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/dat-dirty-rum\/","title":{"raw":"Dat Dirty Rum","rendered":"Dat Dirty Rum"},"content":{"raw":"IF you must<\/em> drink it, do not come\r\nAn' chat up in my face;\r\nI hate to see de dirty rum,\r\nMuch more to know de tas'e.\r\n\r\nWhat you find dere to care about[footnote]To like[\/footnote]\r\nI never understan';\r\nIt only dutty up you mout',\r\nAn' mek you less a man.\r\n\r\nI see it throw you 'pon de grass\r\nAn' mek you want no food,\r\nWhile people scorn you as dey pass\r\nAn' see you vomit blood.\r\n\r\nDe fust beginnin' of it all,\r\nYou stood up calm an' cool,\r\nAn' put you' back agains' de wall\r\nAn' cuss our teacher fool.[footnote]Abused our schoolmaster and called him a fool. To\" cuss\" is to \"abuse\" : to \"cuss bad word\" is to \"swear\"[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nYou cuss me too de se'fsame day\r\nBecause a say you wrong,[footnote]Because I said you were wrong[\/footnote]\r\nAn' pawn you' books an' went away\r\nWidout anedder song.[footnote]Without another song[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nYour parents' hearts within dem sink,\r\nWhen to your yout'ful lip\r\nDey watch you raise de glass to drink,\r\nAn' shameless tek each sip.'\r\n\r\nI see you in de dancing-booth,\r\nBut all your joy is vain,\r\nFor on your fresh an' glowin' youth\r\nIs stamped dat ugly stain.\r\n\r\nDat ugly stain of drink, my frien',\r\nHas cost you your best girl,\r\nAn' mek you fool 'mongst better men\r\nWhen your brain's in a whirl.\r\n\r\nYou may smoke just a bit indeed,\r\nI like de \"white seal\" a well;\r\nAldough I do not use de weed,\r\nI'm fond o ' de nice smell.\r\n\r\nBut wait until you're growin' old\r\nAn' gettin' weak an' bent,\r\nAn' feel your blood a-gettin' cold\r\n'Fo' you tek stimulent.\r\n\r\nThen it may mek you stronger feel\r\nWhile on your livin' groun';[footnote]While in this life[\/footnote]\r\nBut ole Time, creepin' on your heel,\r\nSoon, soon will pull you down:\r\n\r\nSoon, soon will pull you down, my frien',\r\nDe rum will help her[footnote]Time[\/footnote] too;\r\nAn' you'll give way to better men,\r\nDe best dat you can do.[footnote]Which is the best thing you can do[\/footnote]","rendered":"

IF you must<\/em> drink it, do not come
\nAn’ chat up in my face;
\nI hate to see de dirty rum,
\nMuch more to know de tas’e.<\/p>\n

What you find dere to care about[1]<\/sup><\/a>
\nI never understan’;
\nIt only dutty up you mout’,
\nAn’ mek you less a man.<\/p>\n

I see it throw you ‘pon de grass
\nAn’ mek you want no food,
\nWhile people scorn you as dey pass
\nAn’ see you vomit blood.<\/p>\n

De fust beginnin’ of it all,
\nYou stood up calm an’ cool,
\nAn’ put you’ back agains’ de wall
\nAn’ cuss our teacher fool.[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

You cuss me too de se’fsame day
\nBecause a say you wrong,[3]<\/sup><\/a>
\nAn’ pawn you’ books an’ went away
\nWidout anedder song.[4]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Your parents’ hearts within dem sink,
\nWhen to your yout’ful lip
\nDey watch you raise de glass to drink,
\nAn’ shameless tek each sip.’<\/p>\n

I see you in de dancing-booth,
\nBut all your joy is vain,
\nFor on your fresh an’ glowin’ youth
\nIs stamped dat ugly stain.<\/p>\n

Dat ugly stain of drink, my frien’,
\nHas cost you your best girl,
\nAn’ mek you fool ‘mongst better men
\nWhen your brain’s in a whirl.<\/p>\n

You may smoke just a bit indeed,
\nI like de “white seal” a well;
\nAldough I do not use de weed,
\nI’m fond o ‘ de nice smell.<\/p>\n

But wait until you’re growin’ old
\nAn’ gettin’ weak an’ bent,
\nAn’ feel your blood a-gettin’ cold
\n‘Fo’ you tek stimulent.<\/p>\n

Then it may mek you stronger feel
\nWhile on your livin’ groun’;[5]<\/sup><\/a>
\nBut ole Time, creepin’ on your heel,
\nSoon, soon will pull you down:<\/p>\n

Soon, soon will pull you down, my frien’,
\nDe rum will help her[6]<\/sup><\/a> too;
\nAn’ you’ll give way to better men,
\nDe best dat you can do.[7]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

  1. To like ↵<\/a><\/li>
  2. Abused our schoolmaster and called him a fool. To\" cuss\" is to \"abuse\" : to \"cuss bad word\" is to \"swear\" ↵<\/a><\/li>
  3. Because I said you were wrong ↵<\/a><\/li>
  4. Without another song ↵<\/a><\/li>
  5. While in this life ↵<\/a><\/li>
  6. Time ↵<\/a><\/li>
  7. Which is the best thing you can do ↵<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":251,"menu_order":24,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-98","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\/98","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\/98\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/98\/revisions\/99"}],"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\/98\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=98"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=98"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}