Lyrics - Jamaican (Patois/Patwa)
(Folk song from Jamaica)
Refrain
Right tru, right tru de rocky road,
Sing Marley, Charley call yu.
(repeat)
Any gal mi no love mi no chat to dem,
Sing Marley, Charley call yu,
Any bwoy mi no love mi no chat to dem,
Sing Marley, Charley call yu. Refrain
A dem big foot gal mi no chat to dem,
Sing Marley, Charley call yu.
A dem big foot bwoy mi no chat to dem,
Sing Marley, Charley call yu. Refrain
Arch Game
Formation: Students form two parallel lines, facing their partners with raised arms forming an arch.
The two students at the very front of the lines walk under the arch and join the lines at the end forming the arch. All other students follow by going under the arch. Continue until the first two students end up where they started.
Then, the two students at the end walk around the outside of the lines and join at the end of the lines like before. All other students follow. When the first partners get back to the starting point, the game ends.
See also
- Country: Jamaica
- Activity: arch game
- Form: call & response
- Harmony: I, IV, V
- Scale: major
- Rhythm: ties
- Source: Smithsonian Folkways
YouTube
- PDF of the song with chords
- MIDI file of the melody
- MP3 file of the melody
