This Old Man

Now dedicate this one to all the children

In jamaica and all over the world

Coming from king yellowman.

Yellowman, he played one.

He played knick-knack on my drum

With a knick-knack, paddy whack, give a dog a bone

Yellowman come rolling home.

Yellowman, he played two.

Me tell you no lie, man, me tell you the truth

Me favorite color is yellow and blue

You love me and i love you.

Yellowman, he played three.

All of the girls them say they love me

So me left from jamaica and go a miami

Me live in a the town and not the country.

Yellowman, he played four.

Me left from jamaica and gone pon tour

Fe go sing fe the rich and sing fe the poor

Yellowman him a go tell you the score.

Yellowman, he played five.

Me love reggae music me keep it alive

And me want fe me honey me go a bee hive

That's why yellowman him have fe strive.

Me climb from the bottom then me reach to the top

Tell you yellowman him a the king of the crop

Nuff a talk 'bout me slim but me know me no fat

Right a now man me hot pon the spot.

1 o'clock, 2 o'clock, 3 o'clock rock

4 o'clock, 5 o'clock, me rock non-stop

Tell you yellowman he just a work round the clock

Everybody know say me hot 'pon the spot.

Yellowman, he played six.

Me is a teacher with a lot apprentice

And everybody says that me full of lyrics

Some a talk 'bout that but listen to this.

Yellowman, he played seven.

No one wanna die but they want go heaven

And you step on me foot i beg your pardon

Sometimes things happen fe a reason.

Yellowman, he played eight.

Great is great, great shouldn't underrate

Me love for me cassette, me love for me tape

Excuse me now me going on a date.

Yellowman, he played nine.

Me look pon me watch and me tell you the time

You want to know it's quarter to nine

All a the girls make me feel so fine.

Yellowman, he played ten.

Pass me the paper, pass me the pen

I gonna write a letter to me girlfriend

And tell her fe come back again.

Me under me roots and plus me culture

Open the bible me read up the scripture.

All the children down in a africa.

All the children down in america.

All the children over in a canada.

What happen to the place what they call cuba?

Na forget the place named jamaica,

Saint lucia and down in a africa.