B.G. War Songtext
von Mighty Sparrow

One more time, that′s more like it
Swing it out, boys

Well they drop a hydrogen bomb in B.G.
Lord have mercy
They drop a hydrogen bomb in B.G.
Lord have mercy
Riot in town mama
Ah hear the whole place on fire
From Kitty to the waterfront all that
Burn down flat, flat, flat

I ain't care if the whole of B.G. burn down
I ain′t care if all of Bookers burn down
But they will be putting me out meh way
If they tackle Tiger bay
And burn down the hotel
Where all meh wahbeens does stay


They lock up over a thousand people
Well that was trouble
They send for policemen in the country
To bring unity
But police and all afraid
Stand up and they watching stores get raid
Walk in the store take everything
And when you done set fire to the building

But I ain't care if the whole of B.G. burn down
I ain't care if all of Bookers burn down
But they will be putting me out meh way
If they tackle Tiger bay
And burn down meh hotel
Where all meh wahbeens does stay

A woman walk in a store on main street
Slippers on she feet
Dirty petticoat, long time straw hat
And she smelling worse than that
But she walk out like a lady
High heels, glasses, jewelry
The straw hat she had on wearing before
She take matches and she burn it inside the store


I ain′t care if the whole of B.G. burn down
I ain′t care if all of Bookers burn down
But they will be putting me out meh way
If they tackle Tiger bay
And burn down meh hotel
Where all meh wahbeens does stay

Sweet sax, Basso!
Let's go, let′s go daddy!

They send for soldiers quite up in England
With big confusion
They bring down warships with cannon like peas
To shoot Guyanese
But Burnham said all right now
I'm the only man to stop this row
He give we the signal and that′s the case
Now we have peace and quiet in the place

But I ain't care if the whole of B.G. burn down
I ain′t care if all of Bookers burn down
They'll be putting me out meh way
Only if they tackle Tiger bay
And burn down meh hotel
Where all meh wahbeens does stay