Pumpkin Belly by Tenor Saw
Pumpkin Belly by Tenor Saw

Pumpkin Belly

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Pumpkin Belly by Tenor Saw

Performed by
Tenor Saw
Produced by
King Jammy
Writed by
Tenor Saw
About

This single was recorded on King Jammy’s “Sleng Teng” riddim in the mid 1980s, three years before Saw was killed in a hit and run accident. Pumpkin Belly is a reference to a Jamaican proverb which Saw’s Granny used to ask him “How water walk, go a pumpkin?”. Challenging Saw to explain how water got...

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Pumpkin Belly Lyrics

[Intro]
This is a song of the old time proverbs yay
This is a song of the old time proverbs, hey, hey

[Hook 1]
How water walk go a pumpkin belly? Whoa, whoah
Who asks me dat, nuh me ole time granny
From down inna country
She said saw I want to know
She said saw I want to know-oh-oh
How water walk go a pumpkin belly?
Lord God have mercy, hey
Who aks me dat, nuh me ol' time granny
From down inna country

[Verse 1]
Grandma, oh, yes, I know. I won't tell you now
She said, "Saw, seem like you're selling cow
Seem like your selling holy cow"

[Hook 2]
How water walk go a pumpkin belly? Whoa-oh-oh
Who aks me dat, nuh me ole time granny
From down inna country

[Bridge]
That was a old time proverbs
That was a old time proverbs
That was a old time, Lord proverbs, oh

[Verse 2]
She say you must think a so
Queen of England sit down 'pon throne?
Think a so Sugar, Sugar Belly
Became the king of the saxophone?
Whatsoever you want, got to work very hard to gain
Whatsoever you want, she said
I got to work hard, hard to gain!
To gain-gain, to gain-gain
I really got to work very hard to gain, so

[Hook 2]
How water walk go a pumpkin belly? Whoa-oh-oh
Who aks me dat, nuh me ole time granny
From down inna country

[Verse 3]
She said, "Saw, you must be going on like a ginal." Whoa
I said, "No, Grandma, I no ba-diddly-yow
I won't tell you now"
She said, "Son, don't sell no cow
I want you to tell me now, what you say." Hey

[Hook 3]
How water walk go a pumpkin belly? Whoa-oh-oh
Who aks me dat, nuh me ol' time granny
Hey, hey, hey, hey

[Outro]
But, Grandma, I am young, you better have sympathy
So, it would be better if you ask my mummy, hey, hey

Pumpkin Belly Q&A

Who wrote Pumpkin Belly's ?

Pumpkin Belly was written by Tenor Saw.

Who produced Pumpkin Belly's ?

Pumpkin Belly was produced by King Jammy.

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