Korean Store [Song]

Uploaded by Roger Ramirez
KOREAN STORE
By The Mighty Chalkdust

Elsie write she friend down in Trinidad
Girl, Yvonne, in Harlem I was homesick bad
I miss mih roast bake and mih callaloo
I miss mih black cake and mih roti too
But since I come across to Brooklyn, I'm happy galore
Girl, Yvonne, I ent sad no more since I bounce up the Korean store.

Cassava, big foot tannia, chive, and the long head zaboca
[Yvonne, I ent homesick no more, everything in the Korean store.]
The long time pig foot salt in the jar, guava, peewah and balata
[Yvonne, I ent homesick no more, everything in the Korean store.]
Dasheen bush, yam, Cush Cush, the white pan Grannie used to douche.
[Yvonne, I ent homesick no more, everything in the Korean store.]

Elsie tell she friend down in Trinidad
Dem Koreans in Brooklyn making she feel glad
She say Koreans come like long time Syrian
They does sell anything from the Caribbean
And when them Koreans add up your message, if they short of a dime
For your change they would tell you take a ripe fig or a green lime.

Caraille, Ditay Payee, Chillibibi and Chadon Bene
[Yvonne, I ent homesick no more, everything in the Korean store.]
Tamarind ball, worm grass, Ferrol, Tiger Balm, soft candle and all
[Yvonne, I ent homesick no more, everything in the Korean store.]
Scott's Emulsion for your cough, senna pods to make you go off
[Yvonne, I ent homesick no more, everything in the Korean store.]

Yvonne, all the goods that allyuh missing
Dem Koreans have it all up here in Brooklyn
At every corner there is a Korean store
Like George Street market, you can't ask for more
To wash your dirty clothes you getting blue soap, Tide and Fab
And for your Sunday callaloo two big gundy on the blue crab

Aloes, rachette, bois cano, hog plum, sea moss, molasses and bay rum
[Yvonne, I ent homesick no more, everything in the Korean store.]
Pommecythere and smoke herring, alum to keep you like a virgin
[Yvonne, I ent homesick no more, everything in the Korean store.]
Vervine, pig snout, good salt kine, chataigne to blow out your intestine
[Yvonne, I ent homesick no more, everything in the Korean store.]
If they don't have what you asking for, tomorrow they importing it for sure
[Yvonne, I ent homesick no more, everything in the Korean store.]
And James and Joan buy a cocoyea broom to clean out the cobweb in dey bedroom
[Yvonne, I ent homesick no more, everything in the Korean store.]
Bird pepper, pois doux and coconut, Bajan saltfish and sal tnut
[Yvonne, I ent homesick no more, everything in the Korean store.]
You getting cold Carib and Solo, baigan, curry and topi tambo
[Yvonne, I ent homesick no more, everything in the Korean store.]
Blueboy does come down from Michigan to buy he Golden Ray and he Blue Band
[Yvonne, I ent homesick no more, everything in the Korean store.]
--------, King fish, Carite and shark, dolphin, Cavalli and Grenadian Jack
[Yvonne, I ent homesick no more, everything in the Korean store.]
Tell Smiley in Carenage for me, Sapate fish reach New York city
[Yvonne, I ent homesick no more, everything in the Korean store.]
Sucrier fig by the ton, Gros Michel and hot cross bun.
[Yvonne, I ent homesick no more, everything in the Korean store.]

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! ..............................................................................................................................  

A Note From The Gull

Thank you, Mighty Chalkdust.

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Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.
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Blessed be the day of our awakening
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