Good Morning All..... Bless...
Stay strong LCW... its a horrible thing to go through.
Soso - love how this little jam is coming along.. thanks for all the work and effort and organization and thing dem.... couldnt have been set up without u!
so... Little but tallawah is a very popular saying in JA... my hubby calls me it all the time (thats where i got it from)...
tallawah means = strong, sturdy, not to be underestimated, tough, stubborn etc....
Jamaica you know seh we tallawah
we tallawah, we tallawah, we tallawah, we tallawah
oh Jamaica we little but we tallawah
we tallawah, we tallawah, we tallawah, we tallawah
oh Jamaica we little but we tallawah
From mi littlle mi granny used to tell me dis
say good things come inna small basket
so we want no passport fi lef dis
dis ya island better than salt fish
si flat bridge deh, a it we drive over
and use handcart ruln race a dover
and wen winter tourist come ova
fi take a bath in we dunns river wata
si grandfather deh, deh grater cassava
si mama deh, di make di bammy dem afta
si tourists dem, sail pon rafter
come ever body we sing this ya part ya
For Jamaica we little but tallawah
and everything weh god bless we with we have it ya
we have the sugar cane and green banana
we tallawah, we tallawah, we tallawah, we tallawah
oh Jamaica we little but we tallawah
we tallawah, we tallawah, we tallawah, we tallawah
oh Jamaica we little but we tallawah
overseas, dem a bawl out fi join we
and ina every athlete dem a sign we
the blue mountain peak, more time we climb it
we love the coffee when you parch and grine it
A st. Anne weh dem bury Bob Marley
a said place weh dem chain marcus Garvey
and ms. Lou shoulda deh ya soh fi join we
fi buss a joke and mek the croud feel lively
Hey Jamaica we nah go lef you
and when you breadfruit fit we a go pick you
ackee and salt fish mouth deya fi eat you
come mas joe with more yella yam too
we parch corn and we make the asham too
we use kerosine oil make bokkle lamp too
we take bamboo and make a lot of things too
a so we know what Jamaicans can do
come mek we dance and rock to the momento
cause jamaica we little but we tallawah
watch ms. mary a how she gwan so
cause jamaica we little but we tallawah
come mas Benji, come beat the pimento
Jamaica you know she we tallawah
we tallawah, we tallawah, we tallawah, we tallawah
oh Jamaica we little but we tallawah
we tallawah, we tallawah, we tallawah, we tallawah
oh Jamaica we little but we tallawah
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