streetwise: THE DOCTOR GOT PRESSURE

THE DOCTOR GOT PRESSURE
© Farouk Asvat

Oh Doctor

I got pressure
And also sugar,
And my sister too,
And my brother also
He also got sugar
And pressure
And liver
From drinking so much -
Cane and milk but.
Oh Ram!
What can do?
Won't listen to no one

translated into english by farouk asvat: 2006 [Johannesburg, South Africa under new apartheid]

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[] WIETIE WHAT-WHAT

THE DOCTOR GOT PRESSURE

Arrêh Doc'têrr

I got preh'shêrr
And also shuh'ghêrr,
And my sis'têrr too,
And my brah'thêrr also
He also got shuh'ghêrr
And preh'shêrr
And li'vêrr
From drinking sôh much -
Cane and milk but.
Arrê Ram!
What can do?
Won't liss'sên to no one

original composed: 1990 [Johannesburg, South Africa under apartheid]

[] Acknowledgements:

The Doctor Got Pressure was previously published in:

The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (piquant publications, p40, 2006).

Bra Frooks is ...

                                [] nes 'n skollie
                                [] 'n egte skollie
                                [] 'n tsotsi
                                [] a real scamp
                                [] streetwise
                                [] the jokerman

Bra Frooks ...
                                [] praat soos 'n skollie
                                [] wietie soos 'n joster
                                [] wietie what-what
                                [] tunes like a durbanite
                                [] speaks like an englishman

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