Clock

Hail dread, what time the man have di Rasta?
Eastern standard time, mi bredrin (A woo)

Mi think are daylight saving time
Tell you, say, a daylight saving time
I look at the face (What time di storm fall?)
Of the clock on the wall (I man a go at Todd)

Say, John go a pan fi go set caliban
Say, John never come back 'til di clock strike one
You dub it in a power bank
An' then you scrub it in a bower bank

Say, dick-a-ree-dick-a-ree-dat
Di mouse dally up di clock
Mi say, di clock strike one an' di mouse dally 'round
Him dally down there an' him- (How you mean?)

Say, Tom go in a market
An' mi say, Tom carry basket
Tom left eight o'clock an' never come forward until
Twelve o'clock, crackerjack (Yeah)

Say, Cain an' Abel sat around di table
Cain said to Abel "Let mi cut you by your navel"
Don't do dat, no do mi dat
Mi say, no do mi dat, don't you do mi a thing like dat, ya

Say, what can you do, Punchinella little fella?
Said-a, what can you do, Punchinella little fella?
One thalamela fi Angela
An' two thalamela fi Cinderella
Say, one thalamela Angela
An' then you two thalamela Cinderella
An' then we dub her an' a sell her, Cinderella
So make we dub it pon di fella Angela

Say, John go a pan fi go set caliban
Say, John never come back 'til di clock strike one
You scrub it in a bower bank
An' then you dub it in a bower bank