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The Congos
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Lee "Scratch" Perry
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Lyrics
Ya-hoo, ya-hoo, ya-hoo
Row fisherman, row
Keep on rowing your boat (brotherman, brotherman, yo)
Row fisherman, row
Lots of hungry belly pickney, they ashore (millions of them)
Lots of hungry belly pickney, they ashore
Living in a bamboo hut
In a little old seaport town (mmh, hmm)
Three kids on the floor
And another one to come make four
Day, day by day
I man step it along the seashore
Day, day by day
I man step it along the seashore
Hail, brother John
Have you got any wenchman?
Yes, brother Peter
Wenchman, sprat and mackaba (I tell you)
Yes, brother Peter
Wenchman, sprat and mackaba
Row, fisherman, row
Keep on rowing your boat (brotherman, brotherman)
Row, fisherman, row
We've got to reach on higher grounds
Mmh, mmh, hmm
Ya-hoo, ya-hoo
Mmh, hmm
(Ya-hoo) row, fisherman, row
Keep on rowing your boat (brotherman, brotherman, yo)
Row, fisherman, row
Yes, we've got to reach on higher grounds (brothers!)
We've got to reach on higher grounds
(Ya-hoo) Simon, Peter, (ya-hoo) James and John
Come ashore to feed the hungry belly ones (mmh)
(Ya-hoo) Simon, Peter, (ya-hoo) James and John
Come ashore to feed the hungry belly one
So, row, fisherman, row
Keep on rowing your boat (brotherman, brotherman, yo)
Row, fisherman, row
Lots of hungry belly pickney, they ashore (millions of them)
Lots of hungry belly pickney, they ashore (mmh)
Quaju Peg, the cali man
Sell the best cali in seaport town
Quaju Peg, the cali man
Are the best cali weed in town
(Ya-hoo, ya-hoo) row
Keep on rowing your boat (brotherman, brotherman, yo)
(Ya-hoo, ya-hoo) row, fisherman, row
Lots of hungry belly pickney, they ashore (millions of them)
Lots of hungry belly pickney, they ashore (mmh, hmm)
(Ya-hoo) Simon, Peter, (ya-hoo) James and John
Come ashore to feed the hungry belly one down
(Ya-hoo) Simon, Peter, (ya-hoo) James and John
Come ashore to feed the hungry belly one
(Ya-hoo) fisherman, (ya-hoo) row
Keep on rowing your boat
Writer(s): Roydel Johnson, Cedric Myton
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