BEENY BUD
Jamaican: Trad

Refrain:
Wake up, wake up, wake up beeny bud,
Wake up, beeny, soon a mawning.
Wake up, wake up, wake up beeny bud,
Wake up, beeny, soon a mawning.
Leader: Little bit a beeny but ‘im love ‘im mango,
Chorus: Wake up, beeny, soon a mawning.
Leader: Little bit a beeny but ‘im love ‘im mango,
Chorus: Wake up, beeny, soon a mawning.
Refrain:

Leader: Little bit a beeny but ‘im love ‘im cawfi,
Chorus: Wake up, beeny, soon a mawning.
Leader: Little bit a beeny but ‘im love ‘im cawfi,
Chorus: Wake up, beeny, soon a mawning.

According to the notes accompanying this song:
This vigorous work song was sung by the women to accompany their early morning tasks. ‘Beeny bud’ means tiny bird, and the leader would improvise verses as she went along to keep the workers amused and lighten their toil.

From:
"Beeny Bud"
12 Jamaican Folk-Songs for children
Collected & arranged for schools by OLIVE LEWIN
Oxford University Press 1975
ISBN 0 19 330543 7

X: 1
T: Beeny Bud
M: 4/4
L: 1/4
N: Vigourously
O: Jamaica
Z: NP 03/09/2023
K: Eb
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X: 2
T: Beeny
M: 4/4
L: 1/4
N: Second part (optional)
O: Jamaica
Z: NP 03/09/2023
K: Eb
|: z4|G/G/ B/B/ A//A3// G/G/:||: z4| G/G/ B/B/ A//A3// G/G/:||


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