Reggaeklassieker du jour: Fisherman

Minder militant dan Burning Spear en Bob Marley, maar niet minder spiritueel. Produktie van Lee Perry, met Sly Dunbar op drums. What’s not to like?

 

Row, row
Row fisherman row
Keep on rowing your boat
Run along, run along
Row fisherman row
Lots of hungry belly pickney they a shore, millions of them
Lots of hungry belly pickney they a shore

Living in a bamboo hut
In a little hole sea-port town
Three kids on the floor
And another one to come make four

Day, Day by day I man step it
Along the sea shore
Day, Day by day I man step it
Along the sea shore
Hail brother John, have you got any wenchman
Yes brother Peter, wenchman, sprat and mackaba
Yes brother Peter, wenchman, sprat and mackaba

Row fisherman row
Keep on rowing your boat
Brotherman brotherman
Row fisherman row
We’ve got to reach on higher grounds
Row fisherman row
Keep on rowing your boat
Brotherman brotherman
Row fisherman row
Coz’ We’ve got to reach on higher grounds
Brothers, we’ve got to reach on higher grounds

Simon, Peter, James and John come a shore
To feed the hungry belly ones
Simon, Peter, James and John come a shore
To feed the hungry belly ones
So, row fisherman row
Keep on rowing your boat
Brotherman brotherman
Row fisherman row
Lots of hungry belly pickney they a-shore, millions of them
Lots of hungry belly pickney they a-shore

Quaju Peg the collie-man
Sell the best collie in sea port town
Quaju Peg the collie man
Ha the best collie weed in town

Row, row
People rowing their boats
Brotherman brotherman
Row fisherman row
Lots of hungry belly pickney they a-shore, millions of them
Lots of hungry belly pickney they a-shore
Simon, Peter, James and John come a shore
To feed the hungry belly ones
Simon, Peter, James and John come a shore
To feed the hungry belly ones
Row fisherman row
Keep on rowing your boat
Brotherman brotherman
Row fisherman row
We’ve got to reach on higher grounds
Rain is falling
We’ve got to reach on higher grounds
Rain is falling
We’ve got to reach on higher grounds