 | William Edward Burghardt Du Bois - 1904 - Страниц: 298
...development. My grandfather's grandmother was seized by an evil Dutch trader two centuries ago ; and coming to the valleys of the Hudson and Housatonic,...heathen melody to the child between her knees, thus: Do ba - na co - ba, ge - ne me, ge - ne me ! ly^a Do ba - na co - ba, ge - ne me, ge - ne me ! -fr hh... | |
 | William Edward Burghardt Du Bois - 1907 - Страниц: 312
...by an evil Dutch trader two centuries ago ; and coming to the valleys of the Hudson and Housa tonic, black, little, and lithe, she shivered and shrank...heathen melody to the child between her knees, thus: fft Do ba - na co . ba, ge . ne me, ge - ne me 1 ^ Do ba . na co - ba, ge - ne me, ge - ne me ! Ben... | |
 | Houston A. Baker - 1987 - Страниц: 146
...development. My grandfather's grandmother was seized by an evil Dutch trader two centuries ago; and coming to the valleys of the Hudson and Housatonic,...heathen melody to the child between her knees, thus: [P. 380] Again, I am compelled to leave a metonymic gap, a space f1lled by sound alone. For DuBois... | |
 | Sterling Stuckey Professor of History Northwestern University - 1987 - Страниц: 442
...followed the unfortunate woman as slaves to America, but it was she, little, black, and lithe, "who shivered and shrank in the harsh north winds, looked...hills, and often crooned a heathen melody to the child beneath her knees," a melody crooned to Du Bois at his mother's knee, thus: Do ba-na co-ba, ge-ne me,... | |
 | Richard A. Long, Eugenia W. Collier - 2010 - Страниц: 781
...development. My grandfather's grandmother was seized by an evil Dutch trader two centuries ago; and coming to the valleys of the Hudson and Housatonic, black, little, and lithe, she shivered and sbrank in the harsh north winds, looked longingly at the hills, and often crooned a heathen melody... | |
 | Sterling Stuckey - 1994 - Страниц: 314
...herself was born in Africa or had it of a mother or father stolen and transported. But at any rate, "coming to the valleys of the Hudson and Housatonic,...heathen melody to the child between her knees, thus: Do bana coba, gene me, gene me! Do bana coba, gene me, gene me! Ben d'nuli, null, nuli, ben d'le. " 25... | |
 | Sidney J. Lemelle, Robin D.G. Kelley - 1994 - Страниц: 388
...the valleys of the Hudson and the Housatonic, Black, litde and lithe, she shivered and shrank in the north winds, looked longingly at the hills and often...heathen melody to the child between her knees, thus. . . ,46 This passage was followed by Du Bois's rendition of the old song. Baker argues that Du Bois,... | |
 | Shamoon Zamir - 1995 - Страниц: 316
...Souls he writes: My grandfather's grandmother was seized by an evil Dutch trader two centuries ago; and coming to the valleys of the Hudson and Housatonic,...between her knees, thus: Do baña coba, gene me, gene me! Do baña coba, gene me, gene me! Ben d' nuli, nuli, nuli, nuli, ben d' le. The child sang it to... | |
 | Abu Shardow Abarry - 1996 - Страниц: 852
...thus had innumerable cousins up and down the valley. I was brought up with the Burghardt clan and this fact determined largely my life and "race." The white...heathen melody to the child between her knees, thus: Do bana coba, gene me, gene me! Do bana coba, gene me, gene me! Ben d'nuli, nuli, nuli, nuli, ben d'le.... | |
 | Dwight N. Hopkins, Sheila Greeve Davaney - 1996 - Страниц: 278
...development. My grandfather's grandmother was seized by an evil Dutch trader two centuries ago; and coming to the valleys of the Hudson and Housatonic,...crooned a heathen melody to the child between her knees. -W.EB.DuBois The religion and literature of African Americans have been — and still are — two chief... | |
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The songs are indeed the siftings of centuries; the music is far more ancient than the words, and in it we can trace here and there signs of development. My grandfather's grand-mother was seized by an evil Dutch trader two centuries ago; and coming to... 
