George William Gordon

[Intro]
*Scatting*

[Verse 1]
Mi are go tell you 'bout a George William Gordon
Mi are go tell you 'bout a George William Gordon
Him born in a eighteen an' a twenty, man
Him born in a place call-a Cherry Garden (Hey)
Down in a place call-a Saint Andrew (Hey-a)
I said, his mother was a poor neggar woman (Hey-a)
I said, his father was a white eyed man (Hey-a)

[Chorus]
*Scatting* (Hey-a)
Down in a eighteen an' a thirty-six
He open a store in a Kingston, man
He open a store in a Kingston, man (Hey-a)
*Scatting* (Hey-a)

[Verse 2]
Down in a eighteen an' a forty-two
Him send him twin sister go at foreign land
A one a go at England, and a one go at France (Hеy)
Just fi get a better еducation
Him marry to a woman by di name of Lucy Shannon (Hey)
Dat deh woman was the dawta of Irish man (Hey)

[Chorus]
*Scatting* (Hey)
Down in a eighteen an' a fifty, man-a
A George William Gordon turn a politician
Him run a town party by di man Jordon (Hey-a)
*Scatting* (Hey-a!)

[Verse 3]
Him born in a place call-a Cherry Garden (Hey)
Down in a place call-a Saint Andrew (Hey-a)
*Scatting* (Hey-a)
He was one of Jamaican national hero (Hey-a)
*Scatting* (Hey-a)
Down in a eighteen an' a thirty six
He open a store in a Kingston, man (Hey)
*Scatting* (Hey)

[Outro]
*Scatting*