Song Of The Midnight Hour

[Intro]
The sounds of the midnight hour
Our foreparents was beaten in slavery (Bad, bad, bad!)

[Chorus]
Who gone, say, dem gone already
Who dead, you better sit down steady
Say, who gone, say, dem gone already
A who dead, you better sit down steady

[Verse 1]
Say, you better get ready, mister Freddy
Say, who gone, say, dem gone already
Say, grandma was beaten in slavery
Grandpa, said, him carry di lord
Mi said, him carry di lord with di chain on him feet
Carry di lord with di chain on him feet
Mi say, dem walk down di street

[Chorus]
Say, who gone, say, dem gone already
A who dead, you better sit down steady
Say, who gone, say, dem gone already
A who dead, you better sit down steady

[Bridge]
[?], get ready
Gone, say, dem gone already
Well, right now, I man deh a ready
An' I man cyaan leave di all 'gain
Cah, many of dem say dem want leave ya
But, right now, dem want go, I don't know

[Chorus]
A who gone, say, dem gone already
A who dead, you better sit down steady

[Verse 2]
Cah, grandma was beaten in slavery
Grandpa, said, him carry di lord
Mi said, him carry di lord on di rocky-rocky road
Carry di lord on di rocky-rocky road
Him get-a flogged, him get-a flogged
A with di baton, a with di baton
Now, with di baton; now, with di baton
[?] with di baton (Yeah!)

[Bridge]
An' now dat we're free; now dat we're free, I would say
Make we have a jolly good time
Cah, make we have a grand time

[Chorus]
Cah, who gone, say, dem gone already
A who dead, you better sit down steady

[Verse 3]
Mi say, mi check uncle Freddy an' him gone already
Check mister Teddy, said, him gone already
Well, better [?]

[Bridge]
Better sit down steady, I would say
Some sit down in di wicked man (Dem nah leave ya)
Sit down in a wicked man (Dem nah leave ya)
Sit down in a Babylon
Say, who gone, say, dem gone already

[Verse 4]
Our grandma was beaten in slavery
Grandpa, said, him carry di lord
He was beaten with a chain and-a sinner to be blamed
Beaten with a chain and-a sinner to be blamed

[Chorus]
Who gone, say, dem gone already
A who dead, you better sit down steady

[Bridge]
Get ready, children, get ready
Get ready, children, get ready

[Outro]
Cah, slavery day has gone
An' joy times are coming
Have a jolly good time
Cah, grandma was beaten in slavery
Grandpa, said, him carry di lord
Cah, mi say, joy times are coming
Have a jolly good time
Cah, mi say, joy times are coming
Have a jolly good time