Callaloo [Song]

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CALLALOO
By David Rudder

The river run red, the water get dirty
The crab pelt the claw next door and the manners heavy
But I hear a brother with a drum chanting down the street
You could feel the Devil on the run, he can't take the heat
Well, the whole place start to shout, you could hear them say,
"If that the man with the jam, don't let him get away!"
Say what!

Callaloo! Come leh we jam!
Callalo! Mix up and jam!
Callaloo! Jam with yuh man!
Callaloo! Come leh we jam!
Brother, between me and you, all ah we is callaloo
Jam it 'til you black and blue, all ah we is callaloo
Come and do a ting, doudou, all ah we is callaloo
From Bombay to Carriacou, all ah we is callaloo.

Mix up, mix up, mix up, hey!

Callaloo is near, rhythm getting heavy
Callaloo is here, oh lord, tempo have no mercy
And the people gather 'round like a melting pot
Rhythm bussing like a red pepper. Yes, brother, it hot!
Well, the people gather 'round, you could hear them say,
"That's the man with the jam, doh let him get away!"
Say what!

Callaloo! Come leh we jam!
Callalo! Mix up and jam!
Callaloo! Jam on a man!
Callaloo! Come leh we jam. Ey!
Brother, between me and you, all ah we is callaloo.
Jam it till you black and blue, all ah we is callaloo.
From Bombay to Carriacou, all ah we is callaloo.
Come and do yuh ting doudou, all ah we is callaloo.

Mix up, mix up, mix up, hey!

"I have me a dream," so Callaloo cry.
"Freedom Street we going, you forward or die
Come and raise your voices to the sky, sing the Freedom Song
Who say, "No" doh have to tell me why. Crab go pull yuh down!"
Well the people flock around, you could hear them say,
"We have the ting, doh let it get away!"

Callaloo! Come leh we jam!
Callalo! Fix up and jam!
Callaloo! Jam a woman!
Callaloo! Come leh we jam!
Brother, between me and you, all ah we is callaloo
Jam it till you black and blue, all ah we is callaloo
Come and do a ting, doudou, all ah we is callaloo
From Bombay to Carriacou, all ah we is callaloo.

Mix up, ey! mix up, ey! mix up, hey!

Callaloo!
Callaloo! Come leh we jam!
Callalo! Mix up and jam!
Callaloo! Jam on a man!
Brother, between me and you, all ah we is callaloo
Jam it till you black and blue, all ah we is callaloo
From Bombay to Carriacou, all ah we is callaloo
Come and do a ting, doudou, all ah we is callaloo

Mix up, mix up, mix up!

Callaloo! Come leh we jam!
Callalo! Jam on a man!
Callaloo! Woman and man!
Callaloo Come let we jam
Brother, between me and you, all ah we is callaloo
Do yuh ting, doudou, all ah we is callaloo
'Til yuh black and blue, all ah we is callaloo
From Bombay to Carriacou, all ah we is callaloo...

Source: The lyrics posted on this blog are often transcribed directly from performances. Although it is my intention to faithfully transcribe I do not get all the words and I have a knack for hearing the wrong thing. Please feel free to correct me or to fill in the words that I miss by dropping me a message via e-mail. I'd be forever grateful. Thanks in advance!

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