Carnival Jumbie
Jumbie jump high
Jumbie jump low
Jumbie jumpin to calypso
Jumbie doin a dance
in de silk-cotton tree
he waitin for jouvay
an steelban music to breakaway
Jumbie jump high
Jumbie jump low
Jumbie jumpin to calypso
At six in de morning
steelban come out
people winin dey body
ole mas all about
Jumbie jump high
Jumbie jump low
Jumbie jumpin to calypso
Jumbie jump in a steelban
an everybody know
when he move he body
he's like a black-smoke shadow
Jumbie jump high
Jumbie jump low
Jumbie jumpin to calypso
Jumbie have no flesh
he have no waist to hol'
buh jus look how he movin'
wid no bumsey to roll
Jumbie jump high
Jumbie jump low
Jumbie jumpin to calypso
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