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He had seen all sorts of people at the draw-wells of the houses-British, Spanish, French, South American, Creoles, and here and there a Maroon, and the everlasting negro who sang as he worked: "Come along o' me, my buccra brave, You see de shild de Lord he gave: You drink de sangaree, I make de frichassee "
"Nebber here before, so help me Gad! me tink I know you me tink I recollect your handsome face I Lady Rodney, sar. Ah, piccaninny buccra! how you do?" said she turning round to me. "Me hope to hab the honour to wash for you, sar," curtsying to O'Brien. "What do you charge in this place?" "All the same price, one bit a piece." "What do you call a bit?" inquired I.
A third attempt the rascal made with no more success; and then vanished from Sierra Leone; considering as the Obeah-men in the West Indies are said to hold of the Catholic priests that 'Buccra Padre's Obeah was too strong for his Obeah.
Some time after this, we once more returned to Carthagena, to be at hand should any opportunity occur for Jamaica, and A. Jwere lounging about one forenoon on the fortifications, looking with sickening hearts out to seaward, when a voice struck up the following negro ditty close to us: "Fader was a Corramantee, Moder was a Mingo, Black picaniny buccra wantee, So dem sell a me Peter, by jingo, Jiggery, jiggery, jiggery."
Me free man, and true Barbadian born. Go along, you man-of-war man. "Man-of-war, buccra, Man-of-war, buccra. He de boy for me; Sodger, buccra, Sodger, buccra, Nebba, nebba do. Nebba, nebba do for me; Sodger give one shilling, Sailor give me two. "Massa, now suppose you give me only one pictareen now. You really handsome young gentleman."
In another quarter Toco a notoriously lawless squatter had expressed his intention of shooting the Government official. The white gentleman walked straight up to the little forest fortress hidden in bush, and confronted the Negro, who had gun in hand. 'I could have shot you if I had liked, buccra. 'No, you could not.
"But top one time bad fever catch him, colour'd peoples kindly watch him in sick room, nurse voice like music from him hand taste sweet de physic. Another trampoline." "So alway come in two tree year, and so wid you, massa never fear brown girlfor cook for wife for nurse: buccra lady poo no wort a curse." "Get away, you scandalous scoundrel," cried I; "away with you, sir!"
"I say, friend Bungo, how shall we manage? You don't mean to swamp us in a shove through that surf, do you?" said Mr. Treenail. "No fear, massa, if you and toder leetle man-of-war buccra only keep dem seat when we rise on de crest of de swell dere." We sat quiet enough. Treenail was coolness itself, and I aped him as well as I could.
But they were never openly rude like the coloured folk were in Jamaica, when, stranded in their beautiful island, I did them the honour to go as a "walk-foot buccra" round the sugar plantations from Ewarton to Montego Bay.
"For true, dat leetle man of war buccra must be Obeah man: how de debil him come to sabe dat it was stable boy Homer who broke de candle shade on massa right hand, dat one wid de piece broken out of de edge?" and here he pointed towards it with his chin a negro always points with his chin.
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