Lyrics
Refrain
Call: Chi chi bud, oh!
Response: Some ‘o dem a holler, some a bawl!
(repeat)
Call: Some a black bud,
Response: Some ‘o dem a holler, some a bawl!
Call: Some a black bud,
Response: Some ‘o dem a holler, some a bawl!
Call: Some a white bud,
Response: Some ‘o dem a holler, some a bawl!
Call: Some a beeny bud,
Response: Some ‘o dem a holler, some a bawl! Refrain
Some a lagga-head…
An a chickman chick…
Some a John crow…
An a docta bud… Refrain
Translation – Flock of Birds, Oh
Flock of birds, oh
Some of them holler, some of them bawl (cry)
“bud” = bird
“John Crow” = jancro = Jamaican vulture
See also
- Jamaican folk songs
- call and response songs
- songs with mi, re, do in the melody
- songs with chords I & V
- lyrics & info about the song
- source: Wee Sing Around the World,Pamela Conn Beall and Susan Hagen Nipp, Price Stern Sloan, 1994
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