Bajan Crop Over

This is the Barbadian Carnival Season

By Stanley Collymore

 

Lift up yuh voices and shout loud and clear

“Crop Over Festival is once more here!”

Uh time fuh fun an’ relaxation too -

nuh inhibitions please, as dat

won’t do! Dere’s dancing

and swaying tuh de

pulsating beat of Caribbean rhydums

dat’ll get yuh moving an’ quickly

pun yuh feet. Dere’s food too

of all sorts: hot, spicy an’

flavoured - a culinary

treat dat will long

be remembered.

 

And when in de cool uh de evening sun yuh

need uh pick-me-up tuh help yuh carry on,

dere’s Mount Gay an’ Cockspur:

Barbados’world famous rums -

uh absolute guarantee Tuh

warm dose parts uh de

body which couldn’t be

reached by de rays uh de sun. So dat

when de fireworks display and de

great bacchanal are done, it’s

your choice entirely wedder

tuh carry on partying or

mek yuh way home.

 

© Stanley V. Collymore

14 July 2001

Footnote:

Crop-Over is the Barbadian Carnival Season. Bajan is the affectionate name Barbadians call themselves and are known as by other Caribbean folk in the West Indies and in the global Caribbean Diaspora.