CLII — 5th Figure
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Matilda dé ’pon dyin’ bed,
Matilda dé ’pon dyin’ bed,
Matilda dé ’pon dyin’ bed,
Matilda dé ’pon dyin’ bed,
Me want go Colabra,
Me want go Colabra,
Me want go Colabra,
Matilda, dé ’pon dyin’ bed.
When anybody is very ill all the members of the family, including quite distant relatives, think it incumbent upon them to go to the sick person’s yard. They crowd into the house and sick-room and pour out a clatter of talk.
Colabra (Culebra) is a place near Colon. Matilda must have been an old Jamaica acquaintance who had gone over to settle there.