Lyrics
(Jamaican folk song)
Carry me ackee* go a Linstead Market,
Not a quattie** would sell.
Carry me ackee go a Linstead Market,
Not a quattie would sell.
Refrain
Oh no! Not a mite, not a bite,
What a Saturday night!
Oh no! Not a mite, not a bite,
What a Saturday night!
Make me call it louder,
“Ackee, ackee!”
Red and pretty dam tan.
Lady, come buy your Sunday morning breakfast,
Rice and ackee nyam gran’. Refrain
*ackee – fruit – link (source)
**quattie – worth one and a half penny during colonial rule
dem tan = they are
nyam gran’ = taste good (source)
See also
- Country: Jamaica
- Harmony: ostinati / Orff arrangements
- Rhythm: syncopation
- Source: Making Music Your Own, Grade 6, Silver Burdett Company, 1965
- more info
YouTube
- Printable & Digital Visuals
- Song with chords, Lesson ideas for rhythm (syncopation, half notes & rests, ostinato parts), Orff arrangement (PDF)
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
