Note 14 — Little Dictionary of Creole Proverbs.
Reading edition
Such a conversation as the following may not unfrequently be heard among the old colored folk in New Orleans:—
—“Eh! Marie! to papé travaï jordi?”
—“Moin?—non!”
—“Eh, ben! comment to fé pou vive, alors?”
—“Ah!....ti zozo li ka boi, li ka mangé, li pas travaï toujou!”
[“Hey, Marie!—Ain’t you going to work to-day?” “I?—no!” “Well then, how do you manage to live?” “Ah!....little bird drinks, little bird eats, little bird doesn’t work all the same!”]