Arleen

Under seventeen or yuh over sixteen?
Under seventeen or yuh over sixteen?
I beg yuh rock an come in
Because ah one General inna di yard
Ah one General inna di yard

Arleen ah mussi dream yuh deh dream
Arleen ah mussi dream yuh deh dream
Becah mi went pon a housing scheme
Fi wah? Fi go check out di gyal Arleen
Arleen ah mussi dream yuh deh dream
Arleen ah mussi dream yuh deh dream

Yuh shouldn't soil mi gabardine
Yuh shouldn't soil mi gabardine
Mi seh go wash it at the stream
Mi seh go wash it at the stream
Arleen ah mussi dream yuh deh dream
Arleen ah mussi dream yuh deh dream
Every time she see me she want ice cream
Pull up on her an and she started to scream
Arleen ah mussi dream yuh deh dream
Arleen ah mussi dream yuh deh dream

Mi seh di gyal Arleen
She love wear green
Every time mi check her, she ah cook sardine
Wen mi tek her out she wouldn't stop eat bean
Lawd yuh shoulda hear har jussa ask mi fi bean
"One likkle beans, two likkle beans
Three likkle beans and a more beans please"
Arleen ah mussi dream yuh deh dream
Arleen ah mussi dream yuh deh dream

Sen' har in mi house fi go cook an clean
When mi tek a stock, she a read magazine
Arleen ah mussi dream yuh deh dream
Arleen ah mussi dream yuh deh dream
Yuh shouldn't tear mi gabardine
Yuh shouldn't tear mi gabardine
Mi seh go stitch it pon machine
Mi seh go stitch it pon machine

Because, Poppa Riley send mi dung a riverside
Fi go hear dem sing dis yah rub-a-dub
All, di people love it so
And Jah-Jah know
It haffi reach number one

Arleen ah mussi dream yuh deh dream
Arleen ah mussi dream yuh deh dream
Yuh shouldn't soil mi gabardine
Yuh shouldn't soil mi gabardine
Mi seh go wash it at the stream
Mi seh go wash it at the stream
Arleen ah mussi dream yuh deh dream
Arleen ah mussi dream yuh deh dream

Because ah one General inna di yard
Ah one General inna di yard
Whether home guard or ah whether bodyguard
Ah one General inna di yard
Arleen ah mussi dream yuh deh dream
Arleen ah mussi dream yuh deh dream
Every night mi check yuh, you a cook sardine
Every night mi check yuh, you a cook sardine
Arleen ah mussi dream yuh deh dream
Arleen ah mussi dream yuh deh dream