Sai Boddeoh Sumpun Komo, or I Am Not Going To Marry Sumpun

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Title:     Sai Boddeoh Sumpun Komo, or I Am Not Going To Marry Sumpun
Author: Thomas W. Talley [More Titles by Talley]

 
    1.  Sai Sumpun komo.
        De Sumpun nenah?
        Sumpun se jello jeppo
        Boddeoh Sumpun.
    2.  Sai Sumpun komo.
        De Sumpun nenah?
        Sumpun auch nahn jehn deddoc.
        Boddeoh Sumpun.
    Translation
    1.  I am not going to marry Sumpun.
        What has Sumpun done?
        Sumpun doesn't live a seafaring life
        Boddeoh Sumpun.
    2.  I am not going to marry Sumpun.
        What has Sumpun done?
        Sumpun does not support me.
        Boddeoh Sumpun.

NOTE 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: Sai Boddeoh Sumpun Komo

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