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Thread #112692 Message #3178256
Posted By: MorwenEdhelwen1
29-Jun-11 - 08:32 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Angelique-O / Angelico
Subject: Lyr Add: BIG BIG SAMBO GYAL (Jamaica)
Pasted here from this thread:. This is a Jamaican folk song with a similar theme.
BIG BIG SAMBO GYAL
Verse 1
Big big Sambo gyal and she cyaan do a ting.
Big big Sambo gyal and she cyaan do a ting.
Chorus
Sen' she back to she mumma, O!
Sen' she back to she puppa, O!
Di gyal cyaan wash an di gyal cyaan cook,
Sen she back to she mumma.
Gyal yu waa fi come kill me fi dundas,
Gyal yu waa fi come kill me O,
She tek ackee bwile soup, she tek 'natta color i'.
Gyal yu waa fi come kill mi.
2. Han' full a ring an' she cyaan do a ting.
Han' full a ring an' she cyaan do a ting.
Chorus.
(from "Mango Time: Folk Songs of Jamaica" collected by Noel Dexter and Godfrey Taylor.)