Plant Up A Vineyard

When things get rationed
Turn your hand, make fashion
Tell you bout it
A musical sound lead the way, come on down with me

Cah natty plant up a vineyard
I tell you natty plant up a vineyard
Do it
Me said fe plant it inna your backyard
A so me say a you fe plant it inna your backyard
Well hear me star

Me make one bed and then me plant up banana
Make another bed a so me plant marijuana
One more bed and then me plant onion
Me make another bed, I say me plant scallion
And me's a born vegetarian
A so mе say cah me's a born vegetarian
A wеh me say?

Cah natty plant up a vineyard, yeah
Cah natty plant up a vineyard
Do it, Jah
Me said fe plant it inna your backyard
Cho make me tell you, say fe plant it inna your backyard
Yeah, you know

Cah me say living as a poor it is a wicked little crime
Say living as a poor it is a wicked little crime
Me can't get no sugar and me can't get no lime
Me can't get no scallion and me can't get no thyme
Say fe plant up a vineyard
Cah mommy say fe plant up you vineyard
Cho make I tell you say fe plant it inna your backyard
Cho make I tell you say fe plant it inna your backyard
A weh me say?
You shoulda see me outta St. Ann's Bay
Man, how me plant the field night and day, bim
Inna me khaki suit and me long water boot
Me khaki suit and me long water boot
Me have a whole lot of planting fe do
Cah man me have a whole lot of planting fe do, that's true

Natty plant up a vineyard
I tell you natty plant up a vineyard
Do it
Me said fe plant it inna your backyard
Cho make I tell you, say fe plant it inna your backyard
A weh me say?
Me make one bed and then me plant up banana
Make another bed and then me plant marijuana
One more bed I say me plant a onion
Me make another bed and then me plant scallion
For onion and scallion no one
Cah man, cah me say onion and scallion no one
Live it up

But natty plant up a vineyard, do it
Cah natty plant up a vineyard, yeah
Me said fe plant it inna your backyard
Cho make I tell you say fe plant it inna your backyard
So the man say, you know