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Coward of the Country

Sister Nancy
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You think of the ball and roll And I say, sister Nancy at the microphone You know? Do it! Jah, me a go start di ball and roll Sister Nancy a go start di ball and roll Jah, let mi tell you, me a go start di ball and roll A true mi God, mi a go start di ball and roll Jah, let mi tell you Ride through, ride through dat deh rocky road Ride through, ride through dat deh rocky road Sing, Charlie Marley, Charlie Ride through, ride through dat deh rocky road Ride through, ride through dat deh rocky road Sing, Charlie Marley, Charlie And he said, Tom was only ten When his father died in prison I was his auntie, his mother, biggest sister, oh man His daddy said, "Promise me, son, never to do" 'Cause he said, "Daddy don't walk away from trouble if you can" "You tell me, if don't mean you weak if you turn the other cheek" "Someday, you got to grow to be a man" Slam-bam-dilly, dilly, dilly, me a go start di ball and roll A sister Nancy a go start di ball and roll Jah, let mi tell you, me a go start di ball and roll A let mi tell you Ride through, ride through dat deh rocky road Ride through, ride through dat deh rocky road Sing, Charlie Marley, Charlie Jah, mi say, come, bassman, come make we mash up selection Come on, man, make we mash up selection Well, come so, G, make we mash up selection Day a light, and we won't go home Say, come on, mister tally man, you carry di banana Day a light, and we won't go home Say, come here, mister tally man, you carry di banana Day a light, and we won't go home Tom had a little girl, cutie Some boys would call her yellow He ride on the back of a pony to the mayday Said, he ride with his bible in his hand People, dat a place down in di ghetto, oh-oh-oh Down in di ghetto, oh-oh-oh Said, on a cold and grey April morn' Another little April child was born, in di ghetto Down in di ghetto He didn't learn how to steal, didn't learn how to fight He learned to read his bible day and night, in di ghetto Down in di ghetto But Nancy a go start di ball and roll 'Cause sister Nancy a go start di ball and roll Jah, let mi tell you, me a go start di ball and roll A let mi tell you, hey-a! On a cold and grey April morn' Another little April child was born, in di ghetto Down in di ghetto He didn't learn how to steal, didn't learn how to fight He learned to read his bible day and night, in di ghetto Down in di ghetto Hey-a, tell 'em He's zoogie-zoogie-zoogie, zeng-zeng-zeng, hey-a He's zoogie-zoogie-zoogie, zeng-zeng-zeng, hey-a You haffi call-a sister Nancy Gyal, hey-a You haffi call mama Nancy Gyal, hey-a He's zoogie-zoogie-zoogie, zeng-zeng-zeng But me a go start di ball and roll A mama Nancy have fi start di ball and roll Jah, let mi tell you Ride through, ride through dat deh rocky road Ride through, ride through dat deh rocky road Sing, Charlie Marley, Charlie