Lyr. Add: HOL' YUH HAN'

(D7)Dis (G)long time gal me never (Am)see (D)you,
(D7) Come meck me hol' yuh (G)han'.

Peel(G)-head John Crow sidung 'pon tree-top
(Em)pick off de blossom (D7)
Meck me hol' yuh (G)han' gal,
(D7) Meck me hol' yuh (G)han'.

Mento(CODA)
(D7)Meck we weel an' tun till we tumble dung,
Meck me hol' yuh (G)han' gal
(D7)Meck we weel an' tun till we tumble dung,
Meck me hol' yuh (G)han' gal.

Song in a humorous vein. Song should be repeated several times- or suitable verses improvised.

Musical score with chords, pp. 114-115.
Jim Morse, Coll., 1958, Folk Songs of the Caribbean, Bantam Books.
Recorded by Edric Connor, Westminster WT-6038. "From the collection Folk Songs of Jamaica, edit. Tom Murray, 1952, Oxford Univ. Press."
Used by permission.