Chorus: (After each line) Everybody bawl out Mattie drownded
Suppose de river should come in bank-to-bank, Mattie no drownded, Mattie under bed (twice) Everywhere we search, Sister Mattie can't be found. (twice) Mattie no drownded, Mattie under bed (twice) Diver go down Sister Mattie can't be found, Water policeman search, still Mattie can't be found Mattie no drownded Mattie under bed (twice) Everybody search Sister Mattie can't be found (twice) Mattie no drownded Mattie under bed (twice) Look under bed y'u see two cocoe* deh Roast one, lef' one till a mo'nin'. *local vegetable.
Insert with lp, Jamaican Folk Songs, Frats Quintet of Jamaica, edited by Edward Seaga. 1955 lp. Prited by The Gleaner Co. Ltd., Kingston, Jamaica, 1949 - 3/58