Lyr. Add: Judy Drownded
Folk, Jamaica

Judy drownded, Judy drownded,
Whai oh!
Judy drownded, Judy drownded, Judy drownded
Whai oh!
Judy drownded.

Judy no drownded, Judy een-a bed.
Ev'rybody bawl out, 'Judy drownded!'

Judy no drownded, Judy deh pon dyin'.
Ev'rybody bawl out, 'Judy drownded!'

Look unda bed, yuh see two coco deh
Hear weh de long-mout Mada Gordon sey:

'Ross' one, lef' one till a mawnin'

Posen me roas' i' an' de Dude no come?
Roas' one, lef' one till a mawnin'.

Judy drownded, Judy drownded,
Whai oh! Judy drownded.

Judy no dead, but Judy drownded.
Whai oh! Judy drownded.

Posen de ribber wen fe come dung bank to bank
Ev'ry bawl out, 'Judy drownded!'

Judy drownded, Judy drownded,
Whai oh! Judy drownded.

Similar to version sung by Edric Connor.

""Judy Drownded" originated in St. Mary. A young girl, Judy, who was washing clothed in the river, was carried downstream by the swift current. Onlookers who were also washing clothes, loudly cried out: "Judy drownded!" However, everyone discovers, she was rescued. The 5th, 6th and 7th verses allude to a conversation between Judy and her mother."

From the collection Folk Songs of Jamaica, edited and arranged by Tom Morris, 1952, Oxford University Press. Used by permission in Jim Morse, coll., 1958, Folk Songs of the Caribbean, Bantam Books.