{"product_id":"9781927395707","title":"Songs of Jamaica","description":"\u003cp\u003eClaude McKay was one of the twentieth century’s finest poets and Songs of Jamaica (1912) was his first published work. This pioneering collection, written in Jamaican Patois, was the first of its kind. In the opening poem ‘Quashie to Buccra’ he asserts the worker’s voice:\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“You tas’e petater an’ you say it sweet, But you no know how hard we wuk fe it; You want a basketful fe quattiewut, ’Cause you no know how ’tiff de bush fe cut.”\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection includes the poems:\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eQUASHIE TO BUCCRA\u003cbr\u003e\r\nMY NATIVE LAND, MY HOME\u003cbr\u003e\r\nBENEATH THE YAMPY SHADE\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWHEN YOU WANT A BELLYFUL\u003cbr\u003e\r\nKILLIN’ NANNY\u003cbr\u003e\r\nKING BANANA\u003cbr\u003e\r\nHARD TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\r\nMOTHER DEAR\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCUDJOE FRESH FROM DE LECTURE\u003cbr\u003e\r\nTO CLARENDON HILLS AND H. A. H.\u003cbr\u003e\r\nSTROKES OF THE TAMARIND SWITCH\u003cbr\u003e\r\nSCHOOL-TEACHER NELL’S LUB-LETTER\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Guava Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65531308900701,"sku":null,"price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/3893\/2573\/files\/9781927395707.MAIN_f255605d-b0d1-4915-b162-5b7bff2a7b18.jpg?v=1789007084","url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/9781927395707","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}