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'Badian fight for King George to last drop of him blood. Nebber see the day 'Badian run away; you all know dem French mans at San Lucee, give up Morne Fortunee, when he hear de 'Badi volunteer come against him. I hope no 'fence present company, but um sorry to say English come here too jealous of 'Badians. Gentlemen and lady Barbadian born ab only one fault he really too brave.
"Now, just walk off," said Swinburne, lifting up a stick he found on the beach. "Eh; walk off: "Nebba see de day, boy, 'Badian run away, boy." "Go, do your work, sar. Why you talk to me? Go, work, sar. I free man, and real Barbadian born.
At this moment stepped forth the premier violin, master of the ceremonies and ballet-master, Massa Johnson, really a very smart man, who gave lessons in dancing to all the "'Badian ladies."
Thereupon, the poet, who was clearly a man of vivid imagination and spontaneous genius, at once struck up a doggerel rhyme; all of them taking up the chorus as they marched along on either side of us: "Man ob war buckra, man ob war buckra, Jus' come ashore, jus' come ashore, Jus' come ashore! "'Badian gen'leman, 'Badian gen'leman, He make um roar, he make um roar, He make um roar!
After passing this bridge, we entered Mingrelia, where we followed our wonted custom of sleeping under the canopy of heaven, though we had many worse inconveniencies and dangers to encounter: for, on the 25th of July, having passed over a river by means of rafts, we were conducted to the dwelling of a certain lady, named Maresca, sister of the deceased prince Badian, who received us at first with much civility, and treated us with bread and wine, after which we were conducted into a field belonging to her, which was close shut on all sides.
"I'se no niggah slabe, you white trash! I'se free 'Badian born, an' 'low no man make joke ob me!" Mick roused up in a minute.
"Man ob war buckra an' 'Badian gen'leman, Dey hab a shindy, dey hab a shindy, Dey hab a shindy! "'Badian gen'leman, he mash um mout'; Man ob war buckra, um bash um snout; Golly, yah, yah, Um bash um snout!"
"Nebba see de day, boy, 'Badian run away, boy. Go, do your work, sar. Why you talk to me? Go, work, sar. I free man, and real Barbadian born. "Negro on de shore See de ship come in, De buccra come on shore, Wid de hand up to the chin; Man-of-war buccra, Man-of-war buccra, He de boy for me, Man-of-war, buccra, Man-of-war, buccra, Gib pictareen to me."
'Badian too brabe; um beat all de buckra sailor trash in de whole world, you bet!" "Stow that, you ugly black devil!" interposed one of our men, fetching the mulatto's partisan a crack on the shins with the cutter's boathook, which he held in his hand, he being bowman and left in charge of the boat. "You just keep out o' the ring if ye know what's good for you!"
"You may save yourself the trouble, you dingy gut-scraper," replied O'Brien; "the lady is under my protection, so take your ugly black face out of the way, or I'll show you how I treat a ''Badian who is really too brave." "So 'elp me Gad, Massa Lieutenant, 'pose you put finger on me, I show you what 'Badian can do."
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