...chorus. The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these :—" The wiuds 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, &c. &c. &c." Trifling as this recital may appear...

...discovered that he himself was the subject of it. It said, in a strain of affecting simplicity : " The winds roared, and the rains fell ; the poor white...Chorus. " Let us pity the white man, no mother has he," etc. Our traveller was much affected, and next morning could not depart without requesting his landlady's...

...her maidens, as they plied their tasks, lamented thus the desolate condition of the stranger — " The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor White...mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn. Let us pity the White Man." War is the livelihood of the Dahomans. The King's exchequer is furnished...

...neighborhood, that I should have been under the necessity of resting among the branches of the tree. 'The winds roared, and the rains fell; The poor white...grind his corn. CHORUS. Let us pity the white man. No wife to grind his corn.' " No mother has he to bring him milk, The reader can fully sympathize with...

...mat, and telling me that I might sleep there without apprehension) called to the female part of the family, who had stood gazing on me all the while in...milk ; no wife to grind his corn. Chorus. — Let us pjty the white man ; no mother has he, &c. &c. &c." Trifling as this recital may appear to the reader,...

...stram of affectmg simplicity,—" The Negro winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, women faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has...mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn. —Chorus—Let us pity the white man, no mother has he,-' &c. The traveller was singularly gratified,...

...affecting simplicity, — " The Negro winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, vromenfaint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no...mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn. — Chants — Let us pity the white man, no mother has he," &c. The traveller was singularly gratified,...

...One of the young women chanted to a sweet and plaintive air, words that had the following meaning: " The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white...mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn." And then the whole party sang in chorus, " Let us pity the white man, for he has no mother to bring...

...so will the Divine blessing rest upon them and their labours. December, 1855. A. AFRICAN KINDNESS. " THE winds roared, and the rains fell, — The poor...has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind hia corn. Let us pity the white man — no mother has he," &c.* A VF.KV touching instance of African...

...were these. ' The winds roared, and the rain* fell. The poor white man, faint and weary. came and eat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk ; no wife to grind his corn. Chans. Let us pity the white man ; no mother has he, &c. &c.' Trifling as this recital may appear to...