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Thread #9627 Message #930396
Posted By: Stefan Wirz
10-Apr-03 - 09:36 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Hill and Gully Rider-is there such a song?
Subject: Lyr Add: HILL AND GULLY (from G Heath & L Payant)
On their 1955 album 'Encores from the Abbaye' (Elektra 29) Gordon Heath and Lee Payant sing a version of 'Hill and Gully'. The liner notes read as follows:
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HILL AND GULLY (Jamaican Work Song)
Hill an' Gully ride-a, Hill an' Gully, Hill an' Gully ride-a. An' a ben dung low dung, ('And I bend down, low down') Hill an' Gully, An' a low dung bessy dung, Hill an' Gully. An' yuh better min' yuh tumble dung ('And you'd better pay attention or you'll tumble down') Hill an' Gully.