WALK JAMAICAN

JAMAICA WEARS  HER  COLORS  PROUD
JAMAICA PLAYS HER MUSIC LOUD
JAMAICA ‘S SHINING LIKE THE SUN
SHARES HER WARMTH WITH EVERYONE

WALK JAMAICAN,
TALK JAMAICAN TOO,
WALK JAMAICAN,
 JAMAICAN THROUGH & THROUGH,
SHE’S SUCH A FINE DANCER, CAN’T YOU SEE?

 
 
JAMAICA LEAVES THE TALE UNTOLD
SHE BECKONS LIKE A CENTERFOLD
 STIRS  DESIRES YOU CAN’T SUPPRESS
YOU  MAY GAZE  BUT NOT POSSESS

WALK JAMAICAN,
TALK JAMAICAN TOO,
WALK JAMAICAN,
 JAMAICAN THROUGH & THROUGH,
SHE’S SUCH A FINE DANCER, CAN’T YOU SEE?


JAMAICA’S GOING OUT TONIGHT
I’M  JAMAICA’S SATTELITE
JAMAICA’S DRIVING ME INSANE
SHE’S  A  HATCHBACK HURRICANE

JAMAICA YOUR PROGRESSIVE
YOU THINK THAT I’M AGGRESSIVE
SHE’S ALL THAT I REQUIRE
SHE SET’S THE SHEETS ON FIRE
 
SHE’S RELENTLESS
I’M CONSCIENTIOUS
SHE’S EVASIVE
I’M PERSUASIVE,
YOU’LL BE MINE



WALK JAMAICAN,  TALK JAMAICAN TOO,  WALK JAMAICAN,
 JAMAICAN THROUGH & THROUGH,
WALK JAMAICAN,  TALK JAMAICAN TOO,  WALK JAMAICAN,      I’M JAMAICAN TOO,
WALK JAMAICAN,  TALK JAMAICAN TOO,  WALK JAMAICAN,
 JAMAICAN THROUGH & THROUGH,
WALK JAMAICAN, TALK JAMAICAN TOO, WALK JAMAICAN,  BECAUSE TONIGHT,
YES  WE‘RE JAMAICAN TOO! 

© COPYRIGHT 2006  BEN NEW




I wrote the music for "Walk Jamaican" shortly after arriving home
from a splendid holiday in Montego Bay in  1999.
I heard the chorus in my head at that time also but never worked out the verses.
We recorded the final version winter 2005
and it was then that the lyrics were completed.
It had started out being a song about the  Island itself
 but somehow it seems to have morphed into a woman.
(Psychoanylists would have some fun with this I'm sure.)
The basic musical concept is to combine
 the Reggae rhythm with the Dancehall rhythm.
This can be heard clearly in the choruses and the outro
where guitars are panned hard right and left
 playing these  distinctly different parts.

Again this is a bit of storytelling, there is no answer to eternal mysteries here.
Just a bit of fun.
 I love Jamaica.


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LAUGH  JAMAICAN


I say, I say, I say! My wife's gone to the West Indies!
Jamaica?
No. She was quite happy to go!

Why couldn't the sailors play cards?
Because the captain was standing on the deck!

A Jamaican man is stranded on a desert island and finds a genie in a bottle while
gathering  coconuts.
"You have three wishes", the genie says.
The Jamaican thinks for a little while, and then he says:
 "i would like to have a bottle of the finest Rum in the world,
 and that no matter how much I drink from it, it will never empty".
Immediately after finishing his sentence, a bottle of great Rum falls into the Jamaican's hand.
He starts drinking it, taking one big gulp after another.
But then, after finishing drinking, he finds that the bottle is still completely full.
"Well, what are your next two wishes?", asks the genie.
"I would like two more bottles just like that one!",  answers the Jamaican.

Q. What lies at the bottom of the ocean and twitches?
A. A nervous wreck.

A man dies and goes to hell.
He discovers that there are different hells for each country.
First he goes to the German Hell and asks what they do there.
" First, they put you in an electric chair for an hour.
Then they lay you on a bed of nails for an hour.
Then the German Devil comes in and whips you for the rest of the day."
He doesn’t like this so he moves on. He goes to the U.S. hell, the Canadian Hell,
and the U.K. Hell, and discovers that they are all the same.
Finally, he comes across a very long line of people waiting to get in and asks, " Which Hell is this?" Someone tells him, "Oh, This is the Jamaican Hell"
"What do they do in here?" He asks.
"Well, first they put you in an electric chair for an hour,
then they lay you on a bed of nails for an hour,
then the Jamaican Devil comes in and whips you for the rest of the day!"
 "But that is just like all the other Hells,"
The man said," Why is the line so long?"
"Because in Jamaican Hell, the electricity is always off,
the electric chair is broken, someone stole all the nails,
and the Jamaican Devil is a public servant, so he comes in,
punches his time card then goes to the Rum Bar and plays dominoes all day!"



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