Louise Simone Bennett Coverly

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Saturday, May 9, 2009

Dutty Tough Comments

Rating: ★3.9

Sun a shine but tings no bright;
Doah pot a bwile, bickle no nuff;
River flood but water scarce, yawl
Rain a fall but dutty tough.
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Louise Simone Bennett Coverly

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Dana- 15 May 2019

Really helped me because I had to perform in front of my class I was so scared

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Twilight 19 September 2018

Get a Jamaican like me to read that cause it sounds very shitty

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Patricia Clarke 03 February 2017

I want to be just like you Louise Bennett

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Kelly Williamson 02 October 2015

This is a wonderful poem, full of insight and ageless wisdom. This is a terrible reading of that poem. Please - there are recordings of Miss Lou reciting it herself. If you can't arrange to use one of those, at least let a Jamaican read it. This reading does not do it any justice.

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Godfrey Morris 02 May 2012

lovely poem Ms. Lou. Queen of Jamaican dialect.

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