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So, there’s a man by the name of James Moore, whilst Uncle Jimmy was in Grand Turk, there’s a man by the name of James Moore, he had
his boat, and his boat did name the
But you know, Uncle Isaiah, he only say that just so. He ain’t mean that. So, Uncle Jimmy, as fast as Uncle Jimmy can nail up the church door, Simmy broke it open.
So, Grandpa Nevis tell Uncle Jimmy, they don’t have to go through that. Let them put a church in Whitby.
JM Sport. And when that happened, he was there.
And they built a church in Whitby, right outside, across from where Uncle Eustace house is on Musgrove
Hill, now.
And you could tell or imagine how angry they were. And the Kew people, because
So, he happened to gone to sail to go to Grand Turk, but he got a pass South Caicos, which we call Harbor. And he met Uncle
if Kew people like you, you live with them. But if they don’t, you better
stay on your own.
A nice white church. The family go there. Two people preach at that church, was Jimmy Musgrove, and
Jimmy there and tell Uncle Jimmy that Simmy Handfield keepin’
Nevis Musgrove.
church in the church, and Simmy
I don’t know why. They were preachers. Preaching in the same
I remember, because on Easter,
church.
Handfield break the church open. See, when Uncle Jimmy hear dat, Uncle Jimmy ain’t gon’ Grand Turk
And that church, we used to call it
the church is white, and everybody that enter those doors, they wore white. We had fun, and we had
no more.
Uncle Jimmy turn back and come home. And they had a tang. So, Uncle Isaiah supposed to be the peacemaker, because at that time he was the J.P.
the Jumper Church. So, James Moore was the one who left and carry the news, Uncle Jimmy, let them know what happened. So, people got so angry in Kew with the situation and
good time. And those time, if your
chirren 40 years old, and they live in your house, they goes to church.
with Simmy, because, you know, I don’t know.
Ole Nevis chirren goes to church. So, the song go like this. I can tell you the chorus.
And they send for Uncle Isaiah. Uncle Isaiah didn’t go down by the church where it was happening. Uncle Isaiah say, tell them boys I say behave themselves before I have
to load up my gun and come after them.
Until they make up this song saying, Brother Musgrove, nail em up. And Brother Simmy broke em open. Brother Musgrove, nail up the north church door, and Brother Simmy keep
Brother Musgrove, nail em
up. Brother Sammy broke
em open. Brother Musgrove, nail
em up. Brother Sammy broke
em open. Brother Musgrove nail up
broken em open.
the north church door.
RECOLLECTIONS by Darville “Sonny” Walkine
Wow! Remember Con Isaiah & Esther Whynns well as they would ride in from Kew on their
mule! Big excitement in Bottle Creek when they reach in!! And of course, remember Bishop
Moss well as he was overseer by the time we came into Nassau. He was still living on East
Street and we were just couple blocks up the way from “The Big Jumper Church” - still
the most signigicant landmark on East Street. Remember when he moved into what we
thought was his palace in Stapledon Gardens.
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