(Straight road ahead yah)
Say mi hear bout Negril and mi can’t keep still
Mi hear bout Negril and mi can’t keep still
So mi gone a Negril
Fi go check my skill
Mi hear bout Negril and mi can’t keep still
Mi hear bout Negril and mi can’t keep still
So mi gone a Negril
Fi go check my skill
[Verse]
Clean up mi bike in di middle of the night
Clean up mi bike in di middle of the night
And mi nah feel uptight (Yeah)
Mi nah feel uptight
Dolly down di corner, dump on mi armor
Dolly down di corner, dump on mi armor
Dem say mi is a goner
For mi nah stay on yuh (Yeah)
Dem say mi is a goner (Woy)
For mi nah stay on yuh
Dolly through for us, there’s no one before us
Dolly through for us, there’s no one before us
Straight road ahead yah
William Speed
[Chorus]
Say mi hеar bout Negril and mi can’t keep still
Mi hear bout Negril and mi can’t keep still
So mi gonе a Negril (Yeah)
Fi go check my skill
Say mi hear bout Negril and mi can’t keep still
Mi hear bout Negril and mi can’t keep still
So mi gone a Negril
Fi go check my skill
[Verse]
I approve I still
Down Spur Tree Hill
I approve I still
Down Spur Tree Hill
Look pon mi engine, heal up mi brethren
Look pon mi engine, heal up mi brethren
Dolly pon mi fender, a feminine gender (Yeah)
A ranking gender, so soft and tender
Reach A[?] and mi not too far
Reach A[?] and mi not too far
Say mi gone a Negril (Woy)
And mi reach a Negril (Yeah)
Sounds car got to Negril yeah (Oh)
One Benz, two Mazda, a many of us one car Tina and two Toyota yeah
[Verse]
And we down pon di corner
Cause we nah stay on ya
For him we know we a goner
Reach a Negril and we can’t keep still
Reach a Negril and we can’t keep still
A go check my skill (Yeah)
For we deh on Negril
A go check my skill (Yeah)
For we deh on Negril
See Adam and Eve without their leaves
See Adam and Eve without their leaves
Two shawty please (Yeah)
[Chorus]
Say we deh a Negril and we nah keep still
Say we deh a Negril and we nah keep still
A go check my skill (Yeah)
For we deh a Negril
A go check my skill
For we deh a Negril
Say we deh a Negril and we nah keep still
Say we deh a Negril and we nah keep still
A go check my skill (Yeah)
For we deh a Negril (Woy)
We deh a Negril (Yeah)
We deh a Negril (Woo)
Say we deh a Negril
[Instrumental Interlude]
[Outro]
For we deh a Negril
Say we deh a Negril and we nah keep still
Say we deh a Negril and we nah keep still
A go check my skill (Yeah)
For we deh a Negril (Woy)
We deh a Negril (Yeah)
We deh a Negril (Woo)
Gone to Negril was produced by Tommy Cowan.
Althea and Donna released Gone to Negril on Sat Jan 01 1977.