Invocation

O ken Karanga, Karanga, Karanga day,
O yo yoi, O bore bo O ken Karanga day.

O yo yo yoi yoi, bore bo Zoyeh, Zoya,
O yo yo yoi yoi, bore bo Zoyeh, Zoya.

Peda rean de Jumbie man
Peda re Peda rean de Obeah man
Peda re Peda rean de Zulu man Peda re.

(English version by Olga Paul. Free transcription by Maurice Baron)

[Patterson, Massie, Belasco, Lionel, Calypso Songs of the West Indies (New York: M. Baron Co., 1943, pp.2-3)]