“I go turn una festival to burial kon shange una happiness to kry. I go make una kut una hair kon wear sak klot, den I go make una mourn like sey una only pikin just die. Dat day go bitter well-well.
“For dat day, na kry and mourning nois go bi di song wey dem go dey sing for di palis. Dead body go dey evriwhere and evribody go kwayet as dem dey go beri dem.”