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de don bia |
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dem don don bina brial |
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dem buk di fuud |
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di fuud don bia |
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di fuud bin biit |
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Food bu'n |
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mi sii di fuud laang taim |
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mii blaad |
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Meh bin mek the juta dem black |
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yu kom |
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yu kom |
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mi staat tu taak |
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mi don staat taak |
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mi staat taak out |
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ii stap taak |
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ii stap taak |
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shi don gat don bina taak fu nou |
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shi don stap taak fu nou |
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Torns a-pimplick you an' sweat a-run over you |
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Torns a-pimplick you an' sweat a-run over you |
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Manaja a-manaja fondle you' breasts a-casa-fiel' |
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Manaja a-manaja fondle you' breasts a-pay office |
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She in wan’ get she han” dutty wen she a-work |
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Wii jraa red luk pon di rood in jrai paat fu jrait som taim an den wii lef |
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di gatu hide from taim, laik dee tief man, an kom hoom dee neks |
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su wa mi gatu duu da kontrii cool, tu daans lil bit, dans lil lil bit an den lef |
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He a dans a-fit an' staat but he no a-bruck loose |
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yu a klai it til yalla |
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De beef cook up nice and soft |
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an sii, dem niggah dem bina sloo iizii |
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Na jus’ wan week but fo’ whole yeah, dis barda bina out di batteries, bai, bii, biir, bie, bia, den briid dem out, briid am out |
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Han'kerchief red |
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Han'kerchief a redish |
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yu doz get very little watah an yu plant am de |
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an wen dem piipl staat kom out in de bigiiz, wan a dem fellows bin get gun |
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mi fain wen mi bled buckets a watah |
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mi sae big fat kain a daag aal ova di plees |
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ii a man wa ron wid gat wahn feemz |
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Fo' septemba wan aal di wee nait, aal da mii kud heah nois |
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bot di piipl jom an in wahn wild kain hai broke am |
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It bin completely bu'n to the gron |
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Jaan ron an ron and ron till hii get tired |
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Jaan jraiv in jigging an staat til hii get tired |
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Siita hool hool an hool and stap |
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Siita hool an staat iizii iizi |
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yu kot it kot am reezaa wid gras naif |
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dem don blonjos widout paas tuu nou, su til a ou ouun ou nou |
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mi tek mi ouar luk pon di trok tray an mi a wach i soo an a wii soo |
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You can't even imagine how bad de rais deh, it deh bad |
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He a-pick at de nyam it ova and ova time but he no full |
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ii a maan wa, a-night, a mrak about leet |
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di man deed hese'f pan di chrii ova ova so |
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bot mi granmuda bin get wan bil |
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di porsn wa a duu di jors wu kom rong in di fiel |
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Me innoe if he go fuh he sweetheet or wha' |
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mi na gu bak a-bateau |
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mi gu put dong mi peepa |
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mi tuu daata dem a daub wid cow-down an' mud, di yaard under di hous |
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Ana moda kaal shi |
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Ana moda kaal shi tel shi |
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dem piipl dem, kaam kostomo piknii, kaom in ee |
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Di teebl foot faal dong |
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di teebl foot faal lef |
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di baai klooz di hous winda |
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Cockwheel no a-swell around nice |
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Pen nib a-leak ink |
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Pen nib bin a-leak ink nyam |
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Me innoe wah it is wah broke down de fence roun' de yaard |
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Papayon |
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dis ooman a di moda piknii de a di pikniin |
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dis maan a di dad piknii de |
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notn kain a kain na de hou hapn hee |
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notn na de de |
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mi gu insaid nou |
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yu de a di bakdam |
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yu de a di bakdam |
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wii de a di bakdam |
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wel, livn piipl kyaahn de piiples kyaan de pon di dam wid di kyar a kot |
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Dead man can't be a-street corner 'pon show he a-go hurry a-ribah side fo' drown hese'f |
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wen yu bin de in Kurupung, yu na yuuz tu se gi maanin tu mii |
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All de veins tie togeddah an fat so |
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De whole place ah get organised now |
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dem sii di fuud don |
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de berrin' so brown da dem luk no mo' da cheenj dem brown juta |
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dem mek di maan kom |
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di juta dem wash di hool dem |
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di plate don don don was don |
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De floor ah red like night |
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di leedi pon di porsn ii chrii iizii vs. di leedi gyal |
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De porsn de bad |
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di wokman dem don tai laang taim nau |
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Meh min'n is shaat |
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Teet' already shaat |
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di staart dem bin kuk pon di stove |
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Me like fuh cook up good food. |
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De house dem white lik pearl |
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Cat no sleep |
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bettah yu bin ded, haad yu gat tu wo'k |
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di piipl dem a tief too much |
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lang taim yu ga wan dangkii kyaat, nou yu get wan mootoo kyaar |
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mi nak di baai wid mi han |
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mi nak di baai wid mi han |
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mi nak di baai sliip |
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mi git op an mi ron go a di saili |
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Wii hosl an bring di piknii hoom |
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di puliismaan dem kom kom an kyar dem a jelas |
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yuu naa noo – eniibadii kyan kom kom nak yu dong de |
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wel, mi se, ‘Wats a coc'nut faal dong. mi no sii no kookno. mi ron ova sii nou. mi se ‘Eh, eh! weh di kookoo deh? |
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ii bin a maan, ii piknii a piil coc'nut, wan kotlas – wan dàl kotla |
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wel, ii bin get dis olboo wu ii tu kom dong so dat wen ii tired, ii go lee dong |
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Picknie dead – fo' true |
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Gun fiah! Mi Gaad! no you see sun shining? |
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di ooman man a wak rong |
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Ochro picknie, he an' deh, deh a-school yard |
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evrii, wii yuus-tu goo plee pon di greev self |
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tore up deh man whole tigah, bruck up aal dis ting |
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yu doz see, bak taim, yu na ga a kyar bak wan birth certificate fo wokT |
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dem ting mos' come to an end |
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De table foot has been mek |
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De windah a-house has been put in a chupit manner |
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Meh tie a-me waist tie meh waist fo' mourn meh one and only boy picknie. |
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ii tek ii waist fuh put ii wan an aal gyal piknii |
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Jaanja moda kaal shi |
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Kwashiba dem a luk aafta shi til shi tu aal oon ada oon |
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yu sii dem piipl dem, mi na a bada miit bout dem, rait |
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dem maan de, wii na get along wid dem |
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da kyaahn gi wii non rait |
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mi sii hii a hiip dis bai |
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mi biliiv in am |
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shi tel am ii go sok am |
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shi sok am a di back a ii nek he neck hee |
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bot wen mi a go, mi sii wan leedi sel hassar fish |
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mi tek dong di pakit wa mi a bai |
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tek mi bak mi reezaa ar gi mi yu coc'nut! |
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mii mii mos, yu mout, yuu waahn fu heah nou - a jook a-radio? |
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Le mi tel yu wa yu ga fu du, wha' you mus' bong |
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Ol' man, please, you mus'n't come fraikn awe, or le awii sii yu |
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mi broda tel mi dat hii gu |
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mi brudda tel mi dat hii, mi broda, gu |
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Picknie dead done, le wii go kyerii am an bury am |
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bot di piipl dem na a plee noo sing |
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mii a go punish yuu lot |
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yu lot a stil 'trang |
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yu folk mek awii hee luk baad |
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Our little village is tiny lik peppa. |
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dem an dem na a-matty |
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shi wuda biit mi oova mi body |
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Meh bin go a-puncheon trench fo' swim an' watah mek me 'kin dutty |
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When you a-do wo'k an' you need help, plenty man a-fo' help mo' dan jus' wan, an' one is bettah dan none |
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yu tink wah gat fu kom doti yu teek ouar dem an yu get yu two lang han? |
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di porsn wa a kom help yu a waant mek good name fo' dem, bot eberybody know da gud name a da da da nadda fool |
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di porsn wa a duu da jraiving dong rong in di fiel |
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soo wii fain dat som piipl bina get wan drom wa gi dem signal |
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wel, shi peed at dat very moment. Dat pee bina hot like fiah, man |
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De buk dem ah deh ah all over de place |
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Siita dem an Sita matii dem don gaan to work |
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di piipl dem a tief too much |
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di kyar dem a bloo op di rood |
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Meeri bin sii Dolly an' fren de a di backdam plee a ketchin |
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Di straa dem doz get it kot piipl somtaim |
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Me ah go pick mangoes but me t'ink manggo green |
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ii pik coconuts an moo coconnot til dem bin pile high a di gron |
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di tuu puliismaan kom in, so di maan dem a hool ii cousin an kyerii |
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wel, livn piipl kyaahn de piiples kyaan de pon di dam wid di kyar a kot |
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dem gaan in di geself nou a Jaajtong |
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Me no go a-kitchen area |
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mi kom oova hee |
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dem don bina roas di fuud |
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dem buk |
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dem don don bina brial |
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dem bu'n out |
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dem a blak |
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dem bin mek di juta dem benjos laik |
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ii a wi fil |
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ii de a wananada hous |
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ii de a awi aunt hous |
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dem piipl nau, jumbi a piiples piiPLes piiputii doz sii notn gat notn |
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bot ii waz a maan wa go waak out leet taim wen di nait kom |
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She is a chinee, though |
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hii don a blod gat oon matii don |
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hii a wan tiicha |
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dis bina wan maan … dis bina dis monkey |
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mi bin a gyal gyal |
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a blak a muunlait nait |
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Is notn na to dem |
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Is not much important |
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di buk de insaid |
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awii bin in hee, di ol' leedi leedi kom in he, di ool o o o awii, o o, o, lee, o awi, o an o, an o o an, o le, o k, o maan, oan o oan, di foon, ok, o m, o d, o |
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wel, mi se, ‘kookno faal dong. mi na sii no kookno. mi se ‘E-e, weh di kooknot chrii de. Mi ron ova di konchrii dem. I ron op. Somtaim, di koc'nut tree na deh. |
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tuu nau til nau 9 o’clock a klak a nait mi stil de de |
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wel, na dead pikni wan kyan de a di rood kom a di kaaf tel mi se dem a kom bring monii fu mii wen mi a sliip a mi bed wen di nait kom |
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bot mi granmuda bin get wan olboo tu dong under wahn manggoo chrii a di biling |
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an mi bin in di process of washes mi mout dong sal watah |
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somtaim mi a wok an mi fut lef de |
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di chilren dem na bin don daubin |
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Niggah bina far bettah dan lang taim |
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piipl de de de neks |
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Nation, weh you' nation? Nation, we dem deh? |
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mi kliin mi plate an su |
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mi bin du bikit |
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mi don biling |
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wel wen mi gu, mi sii di piknii sliip, shi shut shi yeye |
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Picknie wach dans movies til she sleep |
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hiirii kuntii bin a sliip an na noo wa a ting a fu du |
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Li'l gyal sliip so much da mek shi yeye could not even open properly |
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wel, ii a piil coc'nut, a coc'nob, wid dull kotlas |
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ii gu staat wak. ii miit wit wan leedi a mek ail |
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All over de body she beat you |
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di leedi mek laktho |
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mi na biliiv yu kukin |
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Wen di leedi finish mek di klaktho, shi tek wan shi wan paat |
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Wii bin finish plou. No mo' plouin lef gat tu duu. |
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Wii finish plou di fiel' an wi stan wid da jus' lang taim |
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Ol' man, please, na come frighten awe |
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Ol' leedi, please, you mus' go frighten meh matty |
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wel, it na a waak til maarnin ouarmin dat dem a go lef da an kyerii am an bury am in di kriik |
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wen wii sii yu, wii fraikn |
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Laud, wen dis kotlas sa come out a-me han' |
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mii a go a chorch |
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wel, if Mary Jaanja kyan tu a member de, den wii kyan a fil a muu1n tu |
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hii noo ansa, an mi tink hii stil noo am |
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wan taim, hii noo taak a duu it bot ai na tink hii naa noo fu duu am nau |
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One was a goldsmith an' di tara a cow-minder |
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di man deed hese'f pan di chrii ova ova so |
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mi bin big. mi mos bin a feel, a foor riid at di taim |
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mi bin gaan de in di taim befo mi dadii ded |
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if mi na bin kom hee, mi na gu noo |
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dem ada daag wuda nyam am |
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dem wuda jook dem wan said eez |
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mi bin hee fram maanin |
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mi bin a goo raisfil fu wok |
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wen yu bin de in Kurupung, yu na bin in a habit of tell mi, “Goo’ mawning |
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Well, only dead people can deh a-dam widout a-carry coffin |
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You mus' not walk about so late or else jumby go ketch you |
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wen mi gu de, mi na no laang laik no coc'nut |
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yu kyan bring bikaz yu hous |
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All de veins tie togeddah an' get fat |
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dem tek wan chipper an chipped it tek it tu sari |
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di staarchii spoak |
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mos biznis mus' mek yuu tel mii na gu de |
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Me gy kyaahn able fuh go. |
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yu doz a kyan biin |
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dem bin a go raab mi |
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dem mosii bin a tel lai pan mi |
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notn na de de |
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mi no bin don gyaaf tu dem |
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di manggo dem a raip pon di chrii rait nou |
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awii manggo don raip laang taim |
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mi lef mi hous an a waak dong di rood wen daag kom baak bihain mi |
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yu folk lef yu hous an a waak dong di rood wen daag kom baak afta yu |
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no bada go de if yu no bin de aredii |
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huu no gaan beta gu nou |
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yu na ga waar berrin' birth certificate in order fu wok |
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mek i lef |
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Wii gafu stap am fram waak leet' a-night |
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mi na no wai dem a du dis ting |
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ii waahn yuu duu it rait |
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a da a wa mi kow |
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a Sita wii piipl dem bin sii ooman |
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Siita sii wan goat |
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Na only ooman wa Kissha bin heer bout |
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Me brudda bin a wuk a haspital but he get a bata wee wuk |
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Is wuk wa mi broda bin a duu duu a di haspital |
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a gyal dakta wach mi sista |
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Meh mudda buy a book. |
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Meh poppy buy book |
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buk buk deh deer |
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mi sel di gyal a manggoo |
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ii gaan shaat bot iivn doo yet |
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ii gaan fu tek wahn shiicha an wen ii kom out, ii doti iiself dry lik rain |
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He tek knife fo' cut bread but he change he mind na cut am |
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wan a dem waz di maan wa bin get di bomb |
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shi bin gat wan granny-daughter wa a luk aafta shi |
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ii gat wan ooman wa gat dani |
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sins na deh, me wash am |
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shi bai di eggs |
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hii bai di eggs? |
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dem a mek awe prapa |
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Awe a suffering |
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di tiicha kom fl sii yu |
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Teacher come an’ gone since wan oun o’clock |
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wen mi kom in di ruum, hii don eek iilev |
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mi gon tel shi if mi sii shi |
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if mi bin sii am, mi bin go tel am |
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Buy meet, he sa nyam all off |
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ii na noo wa ii go duu |
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mi mosii naa a kot shi |
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ii bin fu nak yuu but ii moda stap ii |
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mi heer wahn hiir a beat |
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yu folk mosii mosii must haard da plees a hala |
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dem sii hii kom |
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mi heer di baai sing |
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mek i lef |
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Na mek he can't work |
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a mii doz mek ii kyaahn wok |
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shi se shi na sii am |
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shi tel mi se shi na sii am |
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mi noo ii na sii shi |
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Is it true dat leedi gaan? |
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mi noo de gu |
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mi noo don dat dem gaan hoom |