Black Star Line

"The Black Star Line"

Lyrics

Brothers, sisters, countrymen,
You’d better get on board.
Six steam ships want to sail away,
Loaded with a heavy load.
It’s gwina [gonna] take us all back home,
Yes, every native child.
And when we get there,
What a time
Down on the West Indy isle.
Get on board The Countryman,
Get on board to leave this land.
Get on board The Countryman,
Come along, 'cause the water’s fine.
All aboard, bring the dough,
All aboard, don’t be slow,
All aboard, bring the dough,
Flying home on the Black Star Line,
Flying home on the Black Star Line
Take my polly knife in hand,
And lay around the dock.
Jump right in the deep blue sea,
And take a bite with the sharks.
I’m guina [gonna] see [inaudible] April hand,
Gwina [gonna] catch that sly mongoose.
I’m gwina [gonna] see my downtown gal,
And then we’ll raise the dew.
Get on board The Countryman,
Get on board and leave this land,
Get on board The Countryman,
Come along 'cause the water’s fine.
All aboard, bring the dough,
All aboard, don’t be slow,
All aboard bring the dough,
Flyin' home on the Black Star Line,
Flyin' home on the Black Star Line.
You-do doodle-do doodle-do-do-do.
You-do-doodle-do-do.
You-do doodle-do do-do-do, do-do doodle-do-do.
We’ll eat monkey, hips and rice,
Some tomato, garlic too.
Then we’ll grab our favorite food
The child take the monkey, too.
Say, I done put my lastest dime down on this great steamship.
Good Lord, I hope that it won’t sink, I want to take this trip.
Oh, Get on board The Countryman,
Get on board and leave this land,
Get on board The Countryman,
Come along 'cause the water’s fine.
All aboard, bring the dough,
All aboard, don’t be slow,
All aboard, bring the dough,
Flyin' home on the Black Star Line,
Flyin' home on the Black Star Line.