Publisher's Synopsis
In this volume are thirty of Jamaica's most-loved folk songs. These thirty folk songs have been sung over and over again to the never-ending delight of people, generation after generation. Here are children's play songs, work songs, dance songs, satirical tales, and many more. All have delightful lyrics. All are for having fun. And all of them also capture the heart and soul of the Jamaican people's cultural heritage. These folk songs are the true expressions of Jamaican character and customs. MOONSHINE TONIGHT/THERE IS A BROWN GIRL IN THE RING / JANE AND LOUISA / DIS LONG TIME GAL ME NEVER SEE YUH / UNDER THE COCONUT TREE / COME BACK LIZA / ROOKUMBINE / DAY OH! / DE RIVER BENG COME DOWN / BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON / HILL AN' GULLY RIDE / DIP DEM BEDWARD / COLÓN MAN A COME / ME GO DOWN A MANUEL ROAD / COME WE GO DOWN A SOLAS MARKET / ME DONKEY WANT WATER / SAMMY DEAD OH! / JOHN CROW SAY HIM NAH WUK PAN SUNDAY / CHI-CHI BUD OH! / SLY MONGOOSE / BEFORE ME MARRIED / JUDY DROWNDED / BAD MIND PEOPLE / DE BUGGY BRUK / DRY-WEATHER HOUSE / DIP AN' FALL BACK / MANGO TIME / ME COFFEE / MAN PIABA / CARRY ME ACKEE GO A LINSTEAD MARKET.
