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This is about a boy, Zuzuma, who goes to town and then comes home and asks for food. (source)
Lyrics
Me gone a town y’ereg (him me)
Ay Zuzuma
Me gone a town y’ereg (him me)
Ay Zuzuma
Me bring one foot fe yuh
Ay Zuzuma
Me bring one frock fe yuh
Ay Zuzuma
Mind me pig fe me
Ay Zuzuma
Min’ me goat fe me
Ay Zuzuma
Me gone a town, Zuzuma,
Me gone a town, Zuzuma.
Gal you cook de food, Ay Zuzuma,
Gal you cook de saal, Ay Zuzuma,
Mak me see de pot, Ay Zuzuma,
Gal is what you got, Ay Zuzuma,
Me got corn pok oh, Ay Zuzuma,
Me got saltfish oh, Zuzuma,
Ross breshay dey yah, Ay Zuzuma,
Ross banana too, Ay Zuzuma,
Nuf sinting deh aye, Ay Zuzuma,
Nuf sinting deh aye, Ay Zuzuma,
See fe you own, Zuzuma,
Tenk you Miss Marta, Zuzuma.
See also
- Country: Jamaica
- Form: call and response
- Harmony: chords I & V
- Meter: 4
- Rhythm: Â / syncopation
- Scale: major
- Listen to the song
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- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody