Loan Words

Shufti

 

                           shufty mistah looky

                    girls mister boys

              we are amenable

          they are available

you are welcome

 

 

 

Bazaar

 

one dinar

everything one dinar

cat in a bag

muezzin clock

made in china

not hong kong

 

cakes and

bric-a-brac

at the church

a fête worse

than death

 

 

 

Buckshee

 

backsheesh

coppers in a saucepan

on a dusty street

buckshee

something for free

a gift gratis

with a carpet

wish I’d left

silver

 

Mufti

 

high heidyin

in theyer kirk

hev ye seen um

an thon laughin

at the kilt

ye ken

christian ye say

wullaniver

ah'll get oot

this sweltrin uniform

and intae

mufti