Ten Favorite Bajan Proverbs
I call myself a
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Ten Favorite Bajan Proverbs The Bajans speak in an unusual way Expressing philosophically the things they say Now I have difficulty writing the Bajan slang Fortunately these were posted for the Blogging gang A dull ignorant man who you rate as dense Value this individual cause Every fool got ‘e sense One man might have escaped but you’d better duck Realty has it that Cat luck en' dog luck If resources are defective what can you do now The Bajans say When yuh en' got horse, ride cow Even though people help, understand their design Be sure you Don’t tek a six for a nine A person may be deceptive but note their pedigree Just know De berry don’ drop too far from de tree And the more you showoff the sooner truth will prevail Note De higher de monkey climb, de more 'e
show 'e tail Peoples’ kindness may not always be on your behalf Remember for Bajans Evah skin-teet en' a
laugh One day you’ll find someone smarter with tricks galore Victory dictated that One smart dead at two
smart door Every action has consequences which are soon explicit Remember Yuh could hide and buy ground but yuh can’t hide and wuk
it Before you risk seaward keep bearings on the shore Safety always cause De sea ain’t got nuh back
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Thanks Khaidji for the wonderful poems and the messages they contain. Your work is awesome. I particularly love "The Ossie Moore jokes" and "10 favorite Bajan proverbs"...it took me back to growing up in Barbados and not understanding what the "older" folks meant when they used those saying..now I do, and I'm now quoting them to my younger relatives. Thanks again..keep up the good work you make me proud to be Bajan.
Cyndi
Thank you for you warm comments. I am glad that the ones on the local character and proverbs have appealed to you. I regret that I have not pay as diligent attention to these categories. Although we came up on Ossie jokes, they seem so hard now to find and many step outside my realms for public viewing.
Please find listed in the Seasons category, many nostalgic memories of Barbados
at Christmas time, all convenient in my book BAJAN – Bells Are Jingling All
Night
If you are still familiar with the Barbados National Anthem then the category BIM – Barbados Island Memories might also give you great pleasure. The poems there which were read for the Independence Day 2009 will cast you over a period of Barbados .
A electronic copy is available for immediate download at Bajan E-books. I hope you find this
information useful.
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