Young Ellen Hanley caught John Scanlon’s eye
He was determined that she’d be his wife
Their marriage was cursed and Ellen would die
On the River Shannon she lost her life.
She was a beauty but of lower class
He belonged to a wealthy family
A few weeks later grew tired of the lass
She was found in Shannon’s estuary.
His servant killed Ellen a girl so young
And from a boat threw her over the side
Both men found guilty and from gallows hung
Her dead body washed ashore with the tide.
In Clare there stands a memorial stone
The Colleen Bawn she is now better known.
Written on 28 January 2019
Categories:
bawn, death, ireland, marriage, murder,
Form: Sonnet
~ Maonga Ngna DimaNgn ~
Diyako man maawan
i kntan ta kan'gan
sa dalgn anugonan
ka kna-ta Maongangn
a onga onga Layangn
na diko kalalayaman
iba ako makangn angn...
Na dabo a Maongangn
a matakor a Makangn
na bapya pn adn 'kom
a Maongangn i tangn
na ditaon bo Maangin
So Ongangn Makaangn ...
Na maka Ngna-Ngna pn
Na dibo Makangn angin
Ka kablangn layamn
a lamn lamn'n layon
na Margn a layagn
ka bago a Phaganadn
ka kawang-kawang layagn
Na kawan diyang dimangn
a moongn a lawangn
na langon a pagadangn
sa kawang ayikhaMargn
na di targ ka thorogn
na tanongn so Ongangn...
Na mbaram-barang dkn'n
a da'gniyan dalgn
ka thampa-tampar kilangn
Na bawn maka aangn
a maungangn maangn
a moongn ko ongangn...
~ By: ditadawayen sa ranao,
Khadaffy D. Mangondato
Categories:
bawn, age,
Form: Romanticism
Donkey mumma seh
A wha mi going duh
Good Christmus mawning to yuh
Little lamb nuh die more, nuh die no more
Good Christmus mawning to yuh
O red rich heifer nuh cry nuh more, nuh cry no more
A wha mi going duh
Donkey mumma seh
Mi bawn fi carry de load
A people sin deliverer
Pon' Bethlehem' dusty road
Him a cum a mi manger
But when all is said and done
Fore dem nail to the cross
Mi we carry de load mi one
Mary betta cry for is her loss
From cradle mi friend
Mi ha fi carry him, mi ha fi carry him
Until man sin shall end
Mi ha fi shelter him, mi ha fi shelter him
NB: This Christmas carol is totally Jamaican flavor, seeing things from the donkey point of
view. Donkey mumma seh (donkey mother says); A wha mi going duh (what am I going to
do). Christmus: Christmas; Mawning: morning; yuh: you; nuh:don't; bawn:born; fi:to;
cum:come; mi:my. Donkey tell the story that sheep and cattle will not die again for sacrifice,
but he will still be carrying the load because of sin. The melody is Jamaica folk ... no objection
to experiment.
Categories:
bawn, anniversary, faith, inspirational, seasonscry,
Form: Ballade