NATTY DREAD

(Alan cole; Rita Anderson)

 

Dread, Natty Dread now,    (Natty Dread)
Dreadlock Congo Bongo I.   (Natty Dread)
Natty Dreadlock in a Babylon:         (Natty Dread)
A dreadlock Congo Bongo I.            (Natty Dread)
Eh!  Children get your culture        (Natty Dreadlock)
And don't stay there and gesture, a-ah,         (Natty Dreadlock)
Or the battle will be hotter          (Natty Dreadlock)
And you won't get no supper.          (Natty Dreadlock)

Natty Dread, Natty Dread, now;        (Natty Dread)
A dreadlock Congo Bongo I.            (Natty Dread)
Natty Dreadlock in a Babylon -        (Natty Dread)
Roots Natty, Roots Natty! (Natty Dread)

Then I walk up the first street,      (Natty Dreadlock)
And then I walk up the second street to see.    (Natty Dreadlock)
Then I trod on through third street, (Natty Dreadlock)
And then I talk to some Dread on fourth street. (Natty Dreadlock)
Natty Dreadlock in a fifth street,    (Natty Dreadlock)
And then I skip one fence to sixth street.      (Natty Dreadlock)
I've got to reach seventh street:     (Natty Dreadlock)
Natty Dreadlock Bingy Bongo I         (Natty Dread)
Natty dread, Natty Dread, now,        (Natty Dread)
Roots Natty Congo I.       (Natty Dread)

Oh, Natty, Natty,
Natty 21,000 miles away from home, yeah!
Oh, Natty, Natty,
And that's a long way
For Natty to be from home.

Don't care what the world seh;        (Natty Dread)
I'n'I couldn't never go astray.       (Natty Dread)
Just like a bright and sunny day:     (Natty Dread)
Oh, we're gonna have things our way. (Natty Dread)
Natty Dread, Natty Dreadlock,         (Natty Dreadlock)
Dreadlock Congo Bongo I.   (Natty Dreadlock)
Don't care what the world seh;        (Natty Dreadlock)
I'n'I gonna have things our way.      (Natty Dreadlock)
If a egg Natty in a the red -         (Natty Dreadlock)
If a egg Natty in a the red.          (Natty Dreadlock)
Natty Dread, Natty Dreadlock.