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Tuba Blay, or An Evening Song

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Title:     Tuba Blay, or An Evening Song
Author: Thomas W. Talley [More Titles by Talley]


1. Seah O, Tuba blay.
Tuba blay, Tuba blay.

2. O blay wulna nahn blay.
Tuba blay, Tuba blay.

Translation

1. Oh please Tuba sing.
Tuba sing, Tuba sing.

2. Oh sing that song.
Tuba sing, Tuba sing.


AFRICAN RHYMES

The rhymes "Tuba Blay," "Near Waldo Tee-do O mah nah mejai," "Sai Boddeoh Sumpun Komo," and "Byanswahn-Byanswahn" were kindly contributed by Mr. John H. Zeigler, Monrovia, Liberia, and Mr. C. T. Wardoh of the Bassa Tribe, Liberia. They are natives and are now in America for collegiate study and training.


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Thomas W. Talley's poem: Tuba Blay, Or An Evening Song

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