Yado
Yado, yado Bellirena yado,
Hay yea Bellirena yado.
Yado, yado Bellirena yado,
Hay hay hay yea Bellirena yado.
If you want to see the monkey dance
Break a pepper in his tail.
Yado, yado Bellirena yado,
Hay hay yea Bellirena yado.
Massa dead he leave no money.
He left no cent to wash he clothes.
Yado yado Bellirena yado,
Hay hay yea Bellirena yado.
Massa dead he leave no money,
He left he son for catch de cow whale.
Hay hay yea Bellirena yado,
Yado yado Bellirena yado.
Massa dead he leave no money,
Mistress have to beg a penny.
Hay hay yea Bellirena yado,
Yado yado, Bellirena yado.
– One of West Indies’ most popular songs,
A chantey sung at a launching,
Quoted in Folkore
and the Sea by Horace Beck
