SOME FOLK SONGS OF JAMAICA



 

 

Liza
Long Time Gal
Mango Time
Moon Shine Tonight

MANGO TIME

Mi nuh drink coffee tea mango time
Care how nice it may be mango time
In the heat of the mango crop
When di fruit dem a ripe an drop
Wash your pot turn dem down mango time

De terpentine large an fine, mango time
Robin mango so sweet, mango time
Number eleven an hairy skin
Pack di bankra an ram dem in
For di bankra mus' full, mango time

Mek wi go a mango walk, mango time
For is only di talk mango time
Mek wi jump pon di big jackass
Ride im dung an no tap a pass
Mek di best a di crop, mango time

 

LIZA
(Waata come a mi y’eye)

Every time mi memba Liza,
Waata come a mi y’eye,
Wen mi tink pan mi nice gal Liza,
Waata come a mi y’eye.

Come back Liza, come back gal,
Waata come a mi y’eye,
Come back Liza, come back gal,
Waata come a mi y’eye.

 

LONG TIME GAL

This long time gal me never see yuh
Come mek me hold yuh hand
This long time gal me never see yuh
Come mek me hold yuh hand
Peel head John Crow sit upon the tree top
Pick out the blossom
Mek mi hold yuh han Gal
Mek mi holdw yuh hand

Long time gal me never see yuh
Come mek we walk and talk
Long time gal me never see yuh
Come mek we walk and talk
Peel head John Crow sit upon the tree top
Pick out the blossom
Mek mi walk and talk Gal
Mek mi walk and talk Gal

Long time gal me never see yuh
Come mek we wheel and Jig
Long time gal me never see yuh
Come mek we wheel and Jig

Peel head John Crow sit upon the tree top
Pick out the blossom
Mek mi hold wheel and Jig Gal
Mek mi hold wheel and Jig
Mek mi holdw yuh hand
Mek mi hold wheel and Jig Gal
Mek mi walk and talk Gal
 

MOON SHINE TONIGHT

Moon shine tonight come mek we dance and sing
Moon shine tonight come mek we dance and sing
Mi deh rock so
You deh rock so
Under banyan tree

Mi deh rock so
You deh rock so
Under banyan tree

Ladies may curts and gentleman may bow
Ladies may curts and gentleman may bow
Mi deh rock so
You deh rock so
Under banyan tree
Mi deh rock so
You deh rock so
Under banyan tree

Come we join hands and mek we dance around and sing
Come we join hands and mek we dance around and sing

Mi deh rock so
You deh rock so
Under banyan tree
Mi deh rock so
You deh rock so
Under banyan tree