THE GYPSY MEETING

WHO’S your mother, who’s your father?

Do thou answer me in Romany,

And I will answer thee.

A Hearne I have for mother!

A Cooper for my father!

Who’s your father, who’s your mother?

I have answer’d thee in Romany,

Now do thou answer me.

A Smith I have for father!

A Lee I have for mother!

True Romans both are we—

For I’ve answer’d thee in Romany,

And thou hast answer’d me.

Romano Lavo-Lil: Word Book of the Romany; Or, English Gypsy Language With Specimens of Gypsy Poetry, and an Account of Certain Gypsyries or Places Inhabited by Them, and of Various Things Relating to Gypsy Life in England · 第 39 / 79 题