Mythology & Folklore
Sai Boddeoh Sumpun Komo, or, I Am Not Going to Marry Sumpun
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
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.
Cite this poem
MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Sai Boddeoh Sumpun Komo, or, I Am Not Going to Marry Sumpun.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/339/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Sai Boddeoh Sumpun Komo, or, I Am Not Going to Marry Sumpun.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/339/.
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