Part 4 — CXXVII.
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Schottische.
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Bungo Moolatta, Bungo Moolatta, Who dé go married you? You hand full a ring an' you can't do a t'ing, Who dé go married you? Me give you me shirt fe wash, You burn up me shirt with iron, You hand full a ring an' you can't do a t'ing, Who dé go married you?
"You Bungo Mulatto, who is going to marry you? Your ring-bedecked fingers can't do anything. When I gave you my shirt to wash you burned it with an over-hot iron."
Bungo (rhymes with Mungo) means a rough uncivilized African.
A Mulatto is the child of two Brown parents, Brown being the offspring of Black and White. He has rather a yellow skin.