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Thread #40845 Message #3185890
Posted By: MorwenEdhelwen1
12-Jul-11 - 04:06 AM
Thread Name: ADD: jamaican folk music
Subject: RE: ADD: jamaican folk music
Add: WHEEL O'MATILDA
(from "Mango Time: Folk Songs of Jamaica".Noel Dexter, Godfrey Taylor. Musical score on p122)
1. Matilda laas ar pretty likkle gol' ring,
Matilda laas ar pretty likkle gol' ring,
Matilda laas ar pretty likkle gol' ring,
Tun di waata-wheel, O Matilda.
(Chorus)
Wheel O, wheel O Matilda,
Tun di waata-wheel, O Matilda.
2. Matilda fine ar pretty likkle gol' ring,
Matilda fine ar pretty likkle gol' ring,
Matilda fine ar pretty likkle gol' ring,
Tun di waata-wheel, O Matilda.
(Chorus)
3. Matilda walk an' yanga so-so,
Matilda walk an' yanga so-so,
Matilda walk an' yanga-so-so,
Tun di waata-wheel, O Matilda.
(Chorus)