I've been 'buked - African American Spiritual

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 22 June 2004, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).

PEOPLE REJECT ME, SAME-OLD-THING.

PEOPLE DISREGARD-me, SAME-OLD-THING.

INFORM"all", PEOPLE REJECT ME, SAME-OLD-THING.

PEOPLE GOSSIP AGAINST ME, DISGUSTED.

TROUBLE HAVE'vava' WORLD GENERAL.

TRUE~BIZ, TROUBLE HAVE'vava' WORLD GENERAL.

||: (3 times) INFORM"all", MY RELIGION CHERISH ALWAYS. :||


Notes: REJECT - Middle finger is flicked aaginst the thumb while resting on the palm of [B], PO up, FO away, as if flicking something away.

SAME-OLD-THING - (2h)[Y], POs down, FOs away, circle vertically and symmetrically in a plane parallel to the chest.

DISREGARD-me - [S], PO > NDS, FO up, is held against nose, the hand moves diagonally > DS, then reurns and slaps palm of [5] against chest.

HAVE'avavav' - HAVE but moves lips to say "av av av".

TRUE~BIZ - TRUE + S-BUSINESS.

The signs between "||:" and ":||" are to be repeated.

Lyrics:

I've been 'buked an' I've been scorned, children
I've been 'buked an' I've been scorned
I've been talked about, sho's you're born

Dere is trouble all over dis world
Children, dere is trouble all over dis world

Ain't gwine to lay my 'ligion down

Children, ain't gwine to lay my 'ligion down

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