Soldiers

Dutallee

Dutallee

Dutallee

Dutallee

And when soldiers came

Them say them come to make us tame

And from that day until now on, now on

We were jeered and laughed to scorn

Ire (before the soldiers came)

Things used to be nice, so nice now (before the soldiers came)

Things used to be ire (before the soldiers came)

Things used to be nice, so nice, so nice (before the soldiers came)

Our country them did enter, yeah

Troops trodding left right and centre everywhere

One moment at peace with nature

Now victims of a massacre, yeah, yeah

We got our spears

We got our shields

But their guns were greater

Prepare for a slaughter

Give I back I witch doctor

Give I back I black ruler

We no want no dictator, we no want no

We no want no tyrant on yah

Dutallee

Dutallee

Dutallee

Dutallee

Way down

Way down

Way down in Africa

Where the backra still rules day after day

The black man is suffering now far more

Than when he was a slave

Is there a need for war?

No

Peace my brethren, here them bawl

Bodies in mutilated condition

Faces scarred beyond recognition

Is this what civilization means to me?

Then without it I prefer to be

So

Give I back I witch doctor

Give I back I black ruler, give I back I

We no want no dictator, oh we no want no

Oh we no want no tyrant on yah

Dutallee

Dutallee

Dutallee

Dutallee

Dutallee

Dutallee (We want)

Dutallee (We crave for)

Dutallee

Dut

Dut

Dut