 | Lindley Murray - Children's poetry - 1831 - 178 pages
...was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these. 13. " ' The winds roared and the rains fell. — The poor white man, faint...mother to bring him milk ; no wife to grind his corn. Chorus. Let us pity the white man : no mother has be to bring him milk ; no wife to grind his corn.''*... | |
 | Robert Jameson, James Wilson, Hugh Murray - Africa - 1831 - 382 pages
...himself was the subject of it. It said, in a strain of affecting simplicity, — " The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and...has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind bis com. — Chorus — Let us pity the white man, no mother has he," <fcc. Our traveller was much... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers, English - 1831 - 182 pages
...the words, literally translated, were these. 13. " ' The •winds roared and the rains fell.—The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under...mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn. Chorus. Let us pity the white man : no mother has he to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn.'*... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - Explorers - 1832 - 430 pages
...air was sweet and plaintive, and the words literally translated were these : — ' The winds roared, and the rains fell; the poor white man, faint and...mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn.' Chorus : — ' Let us pity the- white man, no mother has he,' &c. Trifling as this recital may appear... | |
 | Robert Jameson, James Wilson, Hugh Murray - Africa - 1833 - 394 pages
...himself was the subject of it. It said, in a strain of affecting simplicity, — •" The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and...mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn. — Chyrus — Let us pity the white man, no mother has he," 'fec. Our traveller was much affected,... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - Readers - 1833 - 286 pages
...air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these: — "The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and...has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind him corn. Let us pity the white man; no mother has he to give him milk, no wife to grind him corn."... | |
 | 1837 - 684 pages
...lightened by an extempore song, of which he gives the following as an exact translation. " The winds roared and the rains fell. — The poor white man, faint...mother to bring him milk ; no wife to grind his corn. Chorus. Let us pity the white man ; no mother has he to bring him milk. no wife to grind his corn."... | |
 | H. B. - Africa, West - 1835 - 334 pages
...air was sweet and plaintive, and the words literally translated were these ; — ' The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and...mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn. Chorus : Let us pity the white man, no mother has he, &c.' " It may easily be conceived that Park was... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - Social Science - 1835 - 322 pages
...they worked, they sung an extempore song, of which the traveller was the subject. The winds roared, and the rains fell ; The poor white man, faint and...mother to bring him milk, No wife to grind his corn. CHORUS. Let us pity the white man ; No mother has he to bring him milk, No wife to grind his corn.... | |
 | 1835 - 542 pages
...The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words literally translated, were these: "The winds roared and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and...mother to bring him milk ; no wife to grind his corn. Chorus, Let us pity the white man, no mother has he, &c." Trifling as this recital may appear to the... | |
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The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these. "The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn. 
