Lyrics - Guyanese Creole
(Folk song from Guyana)
Refrain
Hear Auntie Bess, hear Auntie Bess,
Hear Auntie Bess ah halla. (repeat)
1. Fore day mornin’ cock ah crow,
Hear Auntie Bess ah halla.
Lif’ up you bundle, leh ahwee go,
Hear Auntie Bess ah halla.
Refrain
2. Wha’ she ah halla, wha she ah halla,
Wha’ she ah halla fah?
Yes, she ah halla, yes, she ah halla,
Hear Auntie Bess ah halla!
I feel I feel I feel I feel,
I feel like a morning star.
I feel I feel I feel I feel,
I feel like a morning star.
Refrain
English Translation
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Hear Auntie Bess a-holler.
1. Before the morning, cock a-crows…
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Lift up your bundle, let’s go…
…
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2. What does she holler…
What does she holler for?
Yes, she a-hollers…
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See also
- Country: Guyana
- Subject: family
- Harmony: chords I & V
- Meter: 4
- Rhythm:
- Scale: pentachord
- Tones: drmfs
- Source
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody