Lyr. Add: CALL DINAH

1
All de call wa me dah call
Dinah, Dinah heary but him no 'peak.
Sake a de pain a back me kean limba,
Sake a de pain a back me kean limba,
Me got five more mile fe go walk.
2
Me beg Dinah buy quatty suga,
One big gill a coconot ile,
Ha' penny pickle fish fe de brata,
Now she heary but she no answer,
Sake a de pain a back me kean limba,
Me got five more mile fe go walk.

All de call wa me da call- As much as I am calling
Sake a- On account of
Kean limba- Can't hurry
Quatty- penny halfpenny
Big gill- One quarter pint
Ile- OilFe de brata- for good measure.
pp. 10-11, with musical score.
Tom Murray, edit., 1952, Folk Songs of Jamaica, Oxford University Press.