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Jamaican Song and Story

Jamaican Song and Story

by Walter Jekyll

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Contributor
Myers, Charles S. (Charles Samuel), 1873-1946
Title
Jamaican song and story : Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes
Credits
Produced by Suzanne Shell, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore
Subject
Anansi (Legendary character)
Category
Text
eBook-No.
35410
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35410
Release Date
February 26, 2011
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.The Folk-Lore Society FOR COLLECTING AND PRINTING RELICS OF POPULAR ANTIQUITIES, &c.
  2. 2.ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR MDCCCLXXVIII. — JAMAICAN SONG AND STORY:
  3. 3.ANNANCY STORIES, DIGGING SINGS, RING TUNES, AND DANCING TUNES — COLLECTED AND EDITED BY WALTER JEKYLL: WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ALICE WERNER, AND APPENDICES ON TRACES OF AFRICAN MELODY IN JAMAICA BY C.S. MYERS, AND ON ENGLISH AIRS AND MOTIFS IN JAMAICA BY LUCY E. BROADWOOD.
  4. 4.CONTENTS.
  5. 5.INTRODUCTION.
  6. 6.AUTHOR’S PREFACE.
  7. 7.JAMAICAN SONG AND STORY.
  8. 8.PART I. ANNANCY STORIES.
  9. 9.I. ANNANCY AND BROTHER TIGER. — NOTES.
  10. 10.II. YUNG-KYUM-PYUNG. — NOTES.
  11. 11.III. KING DANIEL. — NOTES.
  12. 12.IV. TOMBY. — NOTES.
  13. 13.V. HOW MONKEY MANAGE ANNANCY. — NOTES.
  14. 14.VI. BLACKBIRD AND WOSS-WOSS. — NOTES.
  15. 15.VII. THE THREE SISTERS. — NOTES.
  16. 16.VIII. WILLIAM TELL. — NOTES.
  17. 17.IX. BROTHER ANNANCY AND BROTHER DEATH. — NOTES.
  18. 18.X. MR. BLUEBEARD. — NOTES.
  19. 19.XI. ANNANCY, PUSS, AND RATTA. — NOTES.
  20. 20.XII. TOAD AND DONKEY. — NOTES.
  21. 21.XIII. SNAKE THE POSTMAN. — NOTES.
  22. 22.XIV. DOBA. — NOTES.
  23. 23.XV. DRY-BONE. — NOTES.
  24. 24.XVI. ANNANCY AND THE OLD LADY’S FIELD. — NOTES.
  25. 25.XVII. MAN-CROW. [42] — NOTES.
  26. 26.XVIII. SAYLAN. — NOTES.
  27. 27.XIX. ANNANCY AND SCREECH-OWL. — NOTES.
  28. 28.XX. ANNANCY AND COW. — NOTES.
  29. 29.XXI. TACOMA AND THE OLD-WITCH GIRL. — NOTES.
  30. 30.XXII. DEVIL’S HONEY-DRAM. — NOTES.
  31. 31.XXIII. ANNANCY IN CRAB COUNTRY. — NOTES.
  32. 32.XXIV. GAULIN. — NOTES.
  33. 33.XXV. ANNANCY, MONKEY AND TIGER. — NOTES.
  34. 34.XXVI. THE THREE PIGS. — NOTES.
  35. 35.XXVII. DUMMY. — NOTES.
  36. 36.XXVIII. ANNANCY AND CANDLEFLY. — NOTES.
  37. 37.XXIX. PARSON PUSS AND PARSON DOG. — NOTES.
  38. 38.XXX. CHICKEN-HAWK. — NOTES.
  39. 39.XXXI. PRETTY POLL. — NOTES.
  40. 40.XXXII. ANNANCY AND HOG. — NOTES.
  41. 41.XXXIII. DRY RIVER. — NOTES.
  42. 42.XXXIV. YELLOW SNAKE. — NOTES.
  43. 43.XXXV. COW AND ANNANCY. — NOTES.
  44. 44.XXXVI. LEAH AND TIGER. — NOTES.
  45. 45.XXXVII. TIMMOLIMMO. — NOTES.
  46. 46.XXXVIII. CALCUTTA MONKEY AND ANNANCY. — NOTES.
  47. 47.XXXIX. OPEN SESAME. — NOTES.
  48. 48.XL. SEA-MAHMY. — NOTES.
  49. 49.XLI. CRAB AND HIS CORN-PIECE. — NOTES.
  50. 50.XLII. DRY-GRASS AND FIRE. — NOTE.
  51. 51.XLIII. JOHN CROW. — NOTES.
  52. 52.XLIV. TIGER’S DEATH. — NOTES.
  53. 53.XLV. THE OLD LADY AND THE JAR. — NOTES.
  54. 54.XLVI. JOHN CROW AND FOWL-HAWK. — NOTES.
  55. 55.XLVII. FINGER QUASHY. — NOTES.
  56. 56.XLVIII. ANNANCY AND HIS FISH-POT. — NOTES.
  57. 57.XLIX. HOG AND DOG. — NOTES.
  58. 58.L. DEVIL AND THE PRINCESS. — NOTES.
  59. 59.LI. WHEELER. — NOTES.
  60. 60.PART II. DIGGING-SINGS.
  61. 61.LII.
  62. 62.LIII.
  63. 63.LIV.
  64. 64.LV.
  65. 65.LVI.
  66. 66.LVII.
  67. 67.LVIII.
  68. 68.LIX.
  69. 69.LX.
  70. 70.LXI.
  71. 71.LXII.
  72. 72.LXIII.
  73. 73.LXIV.
  74. 74.LXV.
  75. 75.LXVI.
  76. 76.LXVII.
  77. 77.LXVIII.
  78. 78.LXIX.
  79. 79.LXX.
  80. 80.LXXI.
  81. 81.LXXII.
  82. 82.LXXIII.
  83. 83.LXXIV.
  84. 84.LXXV.
  85. 85.LXXVI.
  86. 86.LXXVII.
  87. 87.LXXVIII.
  88. 88.LXXIX.
  89. 89.LXXX.
  90. 90.LXXXI.
  91. 91.LXXXII.
  92. 92.LXXXIII.
  93. 93.LXXXIV.
  94. 94.LXXXV.
  95. 95.LXXXVI.
  96. 96.LXXXVII.
  97. 97.LXXXVIII.
  98. 98.PART III. RING TUNES.
  99. 99.LXXXIX.
  100. 100.XC.
  101. 101.XCI.
  102. 102.XCII.
  103. 103.XCIII.
  104. 104.XCIV.
  105. 105.XCV.
  106. 106.XCVI.
  107. 107.XCVII.
  108. 108.XCVIII.
  109. 109.XCIX.
  110. 110.C.
  111. 111.CI.
  112. 112.CII.
  113. 113.CIII.
  114. 114.CIV.
  115. 115.CV.
  116. 116.CVI.
  117. 117.CVII.
  118. 118.CVIII.
  119. 119.CIX.
  120. 120.CX.
  121. 121.CXI.
  122. 122.CXII.
  123. 123.CXIII.
  124. 124.CXIV.
  125. 125.CXV.
  126. 126.CXVI.
  127. 127.PART IV. DANCING TUNES.
  128. 128.CXVII. — 1st Figure.
  129. 129.CXVIII. — 2nd Figure.
  130. 130.CXIX. — 3rd Figure.
  131. 131.CXX. — 4th Figure.
  132. 132.CXXI. — 5th Figure.
  133. 133.CXXII. — 5th Figure.
  134. 134.CXXIII. — 5th Figure.
  135. 135.CXXIV. — 5th Figure.
  136. 136.CXXV. — 5th Figure.
  137. 137.CXXVI. — Schottische.
  138. 138.CXXVII. — Schottische.
  139. 139.CXXVIII. — 5th Figure.
  140. 140.CXXIX. — 2nd Figure.
  141. 141.CXXX. — Jig.
  142. 142.CXXXI. — Polka.
  143. 143.CXXXII. — Valse.
  144. 144.CXXXIII. — 5th Figure.
  145. 145.CXXXIV. — Mazurka.
  146. 146.CXXXV. — 5th Figure.
  147. 147.CXXXVI. — 5th Figure.
  148. 148.CXXXVII. — 4th Figure.
  149. 149.CXXXVIII. — 5th Figure.
  150. 150.CXXXIX. — 4th Figure.
  151. 151.CXL. — 4th Figure.
  152. 152.CXLI. — 4th Figure.
  153. 153.CXLII. — 4th Figure.
  154. 154.CXLIII. — 2nd Figure.
  155. 155.CXLIV. — 5th Figure.
  156. 156.CXLV. — 5th Figure.
  157. 157.CXLVI. — 5th Figure.
  158. 158.CXLVII. — 5th Figure.
  159. 159.CXLVIII. — Mazurka.
  160. 160.CXLIX. — 1st Figure.
  161. 161.CL. — Valse.
  162. 162.CLI. — 5th Figure.
  163. 163.CLII. — 5th Figure.
  164. 164.CLIII. — 5th Figure.
  165. 165.CLIV. — 5th Figure.
  166. 166.CLV. — Polka.
  167. 167.CLVI. — 5th Figure.
  168. 168.CLVII. — 5th Figure.
  169. 169.CLVIII. — 5th Figure.
  170. 170.CLIX. — 4th Figure.
  171. 171.CLX. — 4th Figure.
  172. 172.CLXI. — 5th Figure.
  173. 173.CLXII. — 5th Figure.
  174. 174.CLXIII. — 5th Figure.
  175. 175.CLXIV. — 5th Figure.
  176. 176.CLXV. — 4th Figure.
  177. 177.CLXVI. — 5th Figure.
  178. 178.CLXVII. — 2nd Figure.
  179. 179.CLXVIII. — 5th Figure.
  180. 180.CLXIX. — 4th Figure.
  181. 181.CLXX. — Schottische.
  182. 182.CLXXI. — 2nd Figure.
  183. 183.CLXXII. — 2nd Figure.
  184. 184.CLXXIII. — 5th Figure.
  185. 185.CLXXIV. — Jig.
  186. 186.CLXXV. — John Canoe dance.
  187. 187.CLXXVI. — Schottische.
  188. 188.CLXXVII. — 5th Figure.
  189. 189.CLXXVIII. — 1st Figure.
  190. 190.CLXXIX.
  191. 191.CLXXX. — Schottische.
  192. 192.CLXXXI. — Schottische.
  193. 193.CLXXXII. — 1st Figure.
  194. 194.CLXXXIII. — 5th Figure.
  195. 195.CLXXXIV. — Schottische or 4th Figure.
  196. 196.CLXXXV. — 2nd Figure.
  197. 197.CLXXXVI. — 4th Figure.
  198. 198.CLXXXVII. — 1st Figure.
  199. 199.CLXXXVIII. — 2nd Figure.
  200. 200.CLXXXIX. — 5th Figure.
  201. 201.CXC. — Valse.
  202. 202.CXCI. — 2nd Figure.
  203. 203.CXCII. — 5th Figure.
  204. 204.CXCIII. — Polka.
  205. 205.CXCIV. — 5th Figure.
  206. 206.CXCV. — 4th Figure.
  207. 207.CXCVI. — Schottische.
  208. 208.APPENDIX. — A. Traces of African Melody in Jamaica. — B. English Airs and Motifs in Jamaica.
  209. 209.FOOTNOTES

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