Lyr. Add: MINA
Song within folk tale.

Mina, Mina, aye Mina, Mina gal, Oh !
Mina, Mina, aye Mina, Mina gal, Oh !
Mina yo' no' see danger,
Mina yo' no see soldier,
soldier a'ready dey yah.
Fetch me dat cookoo, soldier a'ready dey yah.
A-comin', a-comin', comin', comin',
A-comin', a-comin', comin', comin',
A-comin', a-comin', comin', comin',
Mina, Mina, aye Mina, Mina gal Oh !

Repeat number of times as required, but always more and more accelerando.

Chorus:- Repeat four bars
comin', comin', A-comin', a-comin', etc.

Sheet music for voices, guitar, drum and bass, pp. 59-61, arr. Gareth Walters.

Song from an old folk tale, Anansi story (a spider, = Brer Rabbit type stories)...
"The story of Mina takes a whole night to relate. The song... comes into the tale about midnight is the cry of a primitive sentry warning Mina and his people that "danger" was approaching. The "danger" took the form of Man-o0Wars with wings and long arms that could pluck their victims from anywhere. They also carried little men with "sticks" that belched fire.
"Cookoo" is a kind of food made from cornmeal."

Edric Connor, Coll., 1958, Songs from Trinidad, Oxford University Press.