Lyr. Add: LEGGO ME HAN'
(Kalinda)

1
Leggo me han',
Lemme fight fo' me country, man.
Why, oh !
Leggo me han',
Lemme make a lash in dis lan'.
Why, oh !
2
Leggo mr han',
Lemme fight fo' me country, man,
Why, oh !
My mother will cry
When she hear how she sweet man die.
Why, oh !
3
Leggo me han',
Lemme fight fo' me country, man,
Why, oh !
Arima tonight,
Sangre Grande tomorrow night,
Why, oh !

With musical score, no. 97.
A. L. Lloyd and I. Aretz de Ramón y Rivera, 1965, Folk Songs of the Americas, Novello & Co. Ltd., London.

"Just before Carnival, the Kalinda *stick-fighting bands roamed the country-side, engaging nightly with other bands, to win fame for themselves."
*Quarterstaff.