Mutabaruka

Fus time

Jack an’ Jill

Use fi run up de hill everyday

Now dem get pipe

Wata rate increase

Everyday dem woulda reincarnate humpty dumpty

Fi fall of de wall

Likkle bway blue

Who love to blow im horn to de sheep in the meddow

Likkle bwoy blue grow up now

An de sheep dem get curried

Ina likkle cold suppa shap dung de street

Yuh rememba wen man dida panda fi  guh moon

Yet dem did ‘ave de cat a play fiddle

Suh de cow coulda jump ova it every full moon

An’ …lite bill increase

…den there was de old ooman

who neva huh nuh family planning clinic

she use fi live somewhey dung a back –o-wall

ina a lef’ foot shoe

back-o-wall tun Tivoli gardens now

suh she move

jack sprat…yes jack sprat

who could’nt stan’ fat

im start eat it now

but im son tun vegetarian

cause meat scarce

likkle bo peep who lost her sheep

went out fi look fi dem

an’ fine a politician instead

an is now livin on Beverly hills

an society grow…

dic aree dick aree doc

de mouse run up de clock

all de tenants ‘ave heart attack

suh de lan’ lard nuh ‘ave nuh need fi com back

fus time man use fi lov’ dem

but dem deh days dun

an wi write…