Lyr. Add: OH, JOHN THOMAS !
Digging song.

Oh ! John Thomas,
Oh ! John Thomas,
Oh ! John Thomas,
Oh ! John Thomas,
We all a *combolow,
John Thomas.
Me go da *'leven mile,
John Thomas,
Me see one gal me love,
John Thomas,
Me court her all de way,
John Thomas.
Me come a *Bangheson,
John Thomas,
Me buy *one quattie bread,
John Thomas,
Me part it right in two,
John Thomas,
Me give her the biggest piece,
John Thomas,
And-a warra more you want,
John Thomas?

*combolow- we are all comrades.
*'leven mile- Eleven mile, half-way point between Goatridge and Kingston.
*Bangheson- a store.
*one quattie bread = 8 ounce loaf.

LXXVII, pp. 177-178, with musical score.
Walter Jekyll, 1904 and reprints, Jamaican Song and Story, Dover.