I carry mi ackee, go a Linstead Market I carried my ackee fruit going to Linstead
Not a quattie worth sell Market, I carry me ackee, go a Linstead Market Not a penny-worth sold. Not a quattie worth sell. I carried my ackee fruit going to Linstead Market, (Chorus) Not a penny-worth sold. Lawd what a night, not a bite What a Saturday night (Chorus) Lawd what a night not a bite Lord what a night, not a bite*, What a Saturday night. What a Saturday night. Lord what a night not a bite, Everybody come feel up, feel up What a Saturday night. Not a quattie worth sell Everybody come feel up, feel up Everybody came to squeeze it, squeeze Not a quattie worth sell. (Chorus) it, Not a penny-worth sold. Do mi mommy nuh beat mi kill mi Everybody came to squeeze it, squeeze Sake (take) a Merry-go-round it, Do mi mommy don't beat me kill Not a penny-worth sold. Sake a Merry-go-round. (Chorus) (Chorus) My mommy don't beat me, kill me, All di pickney dem a linga linga For the sake of a Merry-go-round. Fi weh dem mumma no bring My mommy don't beat me, kill me, All di pickney dem a linga linga For the sake of a Merry-go-round. Fi weh dem mumma no bring. (Chorus) Lawd, what a night, not a bite What a Saturday night All the children they lingered, lingered, Lawd, what a night, not a bite For what their mama didn't bring** How di pickney gwine feed? All the children they lingered, lingered, For what their mama didn't bring.
Lord, what a night, not a bite
What a Saturday night Lord, what a night, not a bite How will the children be fed?