Kinston Market Songtext
von Harry Belafonte

Have you ever seen a rainbow
Or a garden blooming bright?
Heard the shuffle of a thousand feet
And drums from morning ′til night?

Come, we go down, come, we go down
Come, we go down to Kingston market
Come, we go down, come, we go down
Down to Kingston market

Get your tamarind and sour sop
Mangoes and cassava
Bread fruit, okra, pigeon peas
Curry goat and guava

Come, we go down, come, we go down
Come, we go down to Kingston market
Come, we go down, come, we go down
Down to Kingston market


Do you know a brown skin maiden
With sunshine in her eyes?
Heard the swallow and the humming bird
Sing happy as she goes by?

Have you seen the ghost of Morgan
Or heard a tale you hadn't ought to?
Have you welcomed the coming dawn
With a rum and cold coconut water?

Come, we go down, come, we go down
Come, we go down to Kingston market
Come, we go down, come, we go down
Down to Kingston market

Come, we go down, come, we go down
Come, we go down to Kingston market
Come, we go down, come, we go down
Down to Kingston market

Come, we go down, come, we go down
Come, we go down to Kingston market
Come, we go down, come, we go down
Down to Kingston market