No Woman No Cry -- Bob Marley

No, woman, no cry  No, woman, no cry  No, woman, no cry No, woman, no cry
Said said  Said I remember when we used to sit In the government yard in

Trenchtown  Oba, ob-serving the hypocrites  As they would  mingle with the

good people we meet  Good friends we have had,  Oh, good friends we've lost 
along the way In this great future you can't forget your past So dry your tears, I say

No, woman, no cry  No, woman, no cry Ee little darling, don't shed no tears
No, woman, no cry Said, said,  Said I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in Trenchtown  And then Georgie would make the fire light
As it was log wood burnin' through the night  Then we would cook corn meal porridge
Of which I'll share with you  My feet is my only carriage  So I've got to push on 

through   But while I'm gone, I mean...

Everything's gonna be alright  Ev'rything's gonna be alright
So woman, no cry  No, no, woman,  No, woman, no cry
Oh, my little sister, don't shed no tears  No, woman, no cry

I remember when we used to sit  In a government yard in Trenchtown
And then Georgie would make the fire light  As it was log wood burnin' through

the night  Then we would cook corn meal porridge  Of which I'll share with you
My feet is my only carriage  So I've got to push on through But while I'm gone...

No, woman, no cry  No, woman, no cry  Woman, little darling, say,

don't shed no tears  No, woman, no cry  Little darling don’t shed no tears  No, woman,
no cry  Little sister, don’t shed no tears,   No, woman, no cry,  

The title and main refrain, "No Woman, No Cry", is entreating a woman not to cry. It would be rendered "No, woman, nuh cry" in Jamaican Patois. The "nuh", which makes a shorter vowel sound for "no", is the equivalent of the contraction "don't". The song is about growing up in the ghetto and persuading a woman that things will get better.                                  (Wikipedia) 




                  


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