From: gt45@ix.netcom.com (Jerrelle Williams)
Newsgroups: rec.music.reggae
Subject: lyrics
Date: 5 Jun 1995 21:09:32 GMT
Organization: Netcom
Anyone know where I can get reggae lyrics?
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From: grant <GRANT@grantg.demon.co.uk>
Newsgroups: rec.music.reggae
Subject: Re: lyrics
Date: 7 Jun 1995 07:14:12 +0100
Organization: Demon Internet News Service
jerrelle -
one entertaining source of reggae lyrics can be obtained from: jkn productions, po box 57066, nairobi, kenya. they produce a series of little printed booklets called "catch the words" that sell in music shops for 45 kenyan shillings.
catch the words volume 29 includes the lyrics to bob marley's "legend" album. you'll be pleased to learn that "no woman no cry" includes the lines:
say i remember when we used to sit
in a government's yard in swedes town
over over trampling people graves
and they would mingle with the good people we meet.
and "get up stand up" includes the memorable lyrics:
preacher man only tell me heaven is only near
i know you don't know what life is really worth
he's as old as piece of gold
after story i've never been told
so now you see the right
yea to stand up for your rights.
and "waiting in vain" includes these immortal words of love:
like i've said, there's a continuation sound knocking on your door
and i still can knock some more
uuuh girl uuuh girl is it easy going
i wonna know now, for i do not want to mourn.
on page 32 of this booklet is printed the disclaimer:
"Every effort is made to ensure that all the information contained in the CATCH the WORDS is correct. However information can become out of date and author's or printers error(s) can creep in......."
other volumes worth a look at are: bob marley's "uprising" [not numbered]; gregory isaacs' "night nurse" [volume 18]; and don carlos and gold's "raving tonight" [volume 24]. they all provide hours of unexpected entertainment.
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grant e-mail:grant@grantg.demon.co.uk
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