Un Belle Marie Coolie, Or Beautiful Marie, The East Indian

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Title:     Un Belle Marie Coolie, Or Beautiful Marie, The East Indian
Author: Thomas W. Talley [More Titles by Talley]

Un belle Marie Coolie!
Un belle Marie Coolie!
Un belle Marie Coolie!
Vous belle dame, vous belle pour moi.
Papa est un African.
Mamma est un belle Coolie.
Un belle Marie Coolie!
Vous belle dame, vous belle pour moi.

Translation

Beautiful Marie, the East Indian!
Beautiful Marie, the East Indian!
Beautiful Marie, the East Indian!
You beautiful woman, you're good enough for me.
Papa is an African.
Mamma is a beautiful East Indian.
Beautiful Marie, the East Indian!
You beautiful woman, you're good enough for me.

 

TRINIDAD NEGRO RHYMES

We are very grateful to Mr. L. A. Brown for his kindness in giving to us the two Venezuelan rhymes which follow (UN BELLE MARIE COOLIE and A TOM CAT). His home is in Princess Town, Trinidad, B. W. I.

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Thomas W. Talley's poem: Un Belle Marie Coolie, Or Beautiful Marie, The East Indian

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