Hossanna ! Me buil' me home oh, Ha ha, Me buil' i' pon a sandy groun' Ha ha, De rain come wetty up- Ha Ha, De sun come bun i'up- Ha ha, De flood come floody up, Ha Ha, De breeze come blow i' dung- Ha Ha, Bad people obeah i'- Ha ha, Me house i' weak yuh see, For me buil' i' pon a sandy groun'. De bad sinting dem mashy dung, Ha ha !
De bad sinting dem mashy dung- Bad things mashed it down.
Pp. 55-56, with musical score. Tom Murphy. edit., 1952, Folk Songs of Jamaica, Oxford University Press.