Re: the nite before christmas in ebonics (fwd)

Ron Resnick (resnick@interlog.com)
Sun, 21 Dec 1997 14:38:45 +0200


At 12:40 PM 12/21/97 +0200, Uri Resnick wrote:
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>Did you send this?

No! I have no idea where such racist vile trash could possibly have
come from. This stuff isn't the slightest bit funny or satirical :)

Ron

>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 09:39:54 -0500
>From: jdtoys <jdtoys@planttel.net>
>To: resnick@math.huji.ac.il
>Subject: the nite before christmas in ebonics
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>I think that you will like this,
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>Wuz dee nite befo crimmus
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>An all ober de hood,
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>Erry body wuz sleepin`
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>Dey wuz sleepin` real good.
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>We hung up our stockins
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>And hope like de heck,
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>Dat ole Sanny Claws
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>Gonna bring us our check.
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>All of do fambly
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>Wuz layin in dey bed,
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>While Thunderbird wine
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>Danced thru dey haid
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>I passed out on de flo
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>Right next to my maw,
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>When I herd sech a fuss
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>I think, "It mus be de law!"
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>Ilooked thru de bars
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>Dat kivered my do`
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>Specktin the sherrf
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>Wid a warrant fo` sho`.
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>An what did I see
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>Made me say, "Lawd look at dat!"
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>Dey waz a big watermelon
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>Pulled by giant warf rats.
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>Now ober de years
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>Sanny Claws, he be white,
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>But looks like us bro`s
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>Gets a black one dis nite.
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>Faster dan de pl-lece
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>My homeboy he came,
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>He whupped on dem warf rats
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>An called dem by name.
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>On Leroy! On Roosevelt!,
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>On Rastus, an Ozzie Lee!,
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>On Lonzo!, On Willie,
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>Dey wuz a site to see!
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>He landed dat watermelon
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>Out dare in de skreet,
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>I knowed it wuz fo` sho`
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>De dog-gonest thang dat I`d
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>ebber seed.
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>He didn`t go down no chimbley
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>He picked de lock on my do`,
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>Ah sez to myself,
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>"Dang!, he done dis befo`!"
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>He had dis big bag
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>Full of prezunts I speck,
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>Wid Air Jordans and fake gold
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>To ware round my neck.
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>But he left no good prezunts
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>Jus` started stealin` my stuff,
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>Got my drugs, my stole guns,
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>And even my can o`Peach Snuff.
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>Wid my stuff in de bag
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>Out de winder he flew,
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>I sho` wudda kut him
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>But he stole my knife too!
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>He jumped on dat watermelon
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>An left in a fog
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>He wuz gone in a sekkun
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>Dat crap eating` dog!
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>Next year, I be hopin`
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>A white Sanny be flying`
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>Cuz a black Sanny Claws
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>Will steal yo butt bline!
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