Jamaican Proverbs 3

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Children should be seen but not heard....

suck salt outta wooden spoon.

whey sweet yuh gwine sour yuh...

You head faver something whey joncrow draw brakes through

Short road draw blood. Long road draw sweat...

dog a shine teet laugh afta butcha

Shine eye gyal is a trouble to a man

Cut eye cut eye cyan cut me in two

Your bread butta pon two side

Jump outta frying pan and jump inna fire...

seven different bratta seven different mind...

Tan an luk no pwile no dance, only interferance

weh eye no see, heart no leap

Teet and tongue muss meet...

High seat kill Miss Thomas puss.

So mi get it, so mi sell it.


Idle jackass follow cane trash go a market

Cow neva know de use a im tail until fly tek it...

Tun you han mek fashun

What is done in di dark, muss come to light...

Him nuh know A from bull foot...

de blacka de berry de sweeta de juice..

Small axe fall big tree..

Everybody pot no ready same time...

come hell or high water..

Craven dog always loose im bone..

Once bitten, twice shy..

When fox ca get de grape em say it sour..

Yuh neva miss de water till de well run dry..

chip nuh fall far from di block..

dish claat tun table claat...

Showoff always bring disgrace...

Follow follow get lef


mout a massie, teet a plunda!!!

When trouble retch yuh, pickney shut fit yuh.

Yuh free papah soon burn!

from when "woppie did kill phillop"

"Cigarette nuh ca who deh a back once in deh a front"

"Everybody wah go a heaven but nuh baddy nuh wah dead"

Whe eye nun see heart nu leap

horse dead an cow fat.

a thief shall neva prosper

a thief is a lier, and a lier is a thief

mi know yuh from yuh eye deh a yuh knee

HOT PATTY, HOT PATTY WOH BAD BOX IT OUT

Puss gone, Rat tek ova.

Play wid big dog, big dog bite you. Play wid puppy, puppy lick you face.

What drop offa head mus drop pon shoulder.

Weh sweet yu soon sour yu.

yu teeth kin like when lightning strike puss under pear tree.
Man a plan fi nyam calaloo, but calaloo a plan fi run man belly.

If a even one suit yu have, mek sure it clean.

Start pon crooked an cut straight.

de block dat de builda refuse tun corner stone

mi nuh va powder fe wase pa black bud.

Wey it magga it pap

Bak a dog a dag, but befor' dog a mista dog.

Yu a bull buck an me a duppy conqueror

friendship is a priceless gift that cannot be bought or sold

belief kill and belief cure

Mi likkle but mi TALAWAH.

Where dogs aren't invited no bones are provided.

-ooman fool afta 6 o'clock but man fool a de time.

Falla, falla always get leff..

Showoff bring disgrace.

Yuh mout set pon spring?


kitchen towel tun table cloth

Pot a call kekkle black...

Fren kill fren, dirty wata out fire...

Nuh tek me mek pappy show!

IF YOU TROW STONE INNA HOGPEN, DI ONE WEH SQUEEL A HIM GET LIK

If you noh mash ant you noh know wha in a he gut.

frog seh what is joke to yuh is death to me!

yuh nuffe tak bad tings mek joke...

"fire a tap, fire a battam, hallelulah inna de miggle."

dirt nah kill you unless it drop down 'pon ya

Yuh mean like starapple!!!

Blackbud meat can't nyam

Cornmeal and rum an noh friend

Pumpkin noh run without vine

Sorry caan buy soldier lorry

if yuh a 99 mi one solid hundrid.

If yu caan sey sumting good, doan sey notten at all


yu can carry de horse to de waata but yu caan mek him drink it.

Two bull can't live inna di same pen.

Tek sleep an' mark det!

while grass a grow, horse ah starve

yu cah teach and old dog new trick

kut eye kut eye kan't kut me in two

some a nyaam chicken by day and Johncrow by night

"if yu cant cook it dont eat it"

Two donkey nuh bray at the same time.

Blouse an' skirt, pants an' shirt!

A macabaca or a herring sprat

A nuh every shet eye a sleep

when yuh waan know yuh fren lie dung pon di road side and act like yuh drunk

Mi Granny an mi modda always used to seh:

"Bwoy yu stink like Jeffiniya nose hole!!!!"


" Yu no ha dog shame, puss bruk coconut inna yu eye"

" Ketch up yu lip mek mi pass"

" yu nyam so so dumplin, go look Hog dee dee"

:) the good old days

Wanti wanti caan geti but getti getti nuh wanti

wanti wani can get ti. getti getti no wan ti

from de dey mi born me neba

wha sweet nany goat a go run dem belly

But anybody eva si mi dine trial!

Yuh a look ina mi mawnin an' caan seh good evening. See yah! Pop 'tory gimme
mi chile A nuh everybady yuh fi nyam from Tek time walk fas' High seat kill miss
Thomas puss Tek mi foolish advice Fi him bread done butter See an' blin' hear
an' deaf Yuh nuffi lub fas in a people business

"Sheep don't make goat"

"Bungle a nuh feh yuh, nuh loose it"

nuh try wuk yuh brains pon meh.

i'd like to seymore butts

Poor me poor-poor. But, Lawd, you nuh see me crosses?


Donkey have him picney to help him carry load

go tek a bath....yu di wiff like a fox

never bit di han dat feed you

Never si, come si.

Hey my whoman my whoman, yuh left your penties on my kitchen :)

A nuh wan time monkey want wife.

Di higher monkey clime, a di more him drawz expose.

Once a man, twice a child.

Dat too dear, you a sell it fi twin pum pum cow price.

You want you drop boof and me drop ping.

Yuh renk lakka nanny goat.

It happen before mi coulda seh 'who live yah'!

yuh renk lakka nanny goat

It happ'n before mi coulda seh 'who live yah'!

who beg nah get, an who nuh beg nuh want!

hey you likkle pissin tail gal!

no wanga gut no wanga belly.


one, one coco full baskit.

everyday buckit gua well one day I battam ago drop out.

"don go 'round talken bout his big ears...or he gonna go round talken bout ya
big booty."

Who di cap fit mek dem wear it.

Cut eye cut eye caah cut mi dung

Di devil always gi idlers wuk fi duh waah nuh pisen fatten.

Wha sweet nanny goat gwine run im belly Haad ears pickney puppo likkle.

Yu don't know A from bullfoot

Bwoy stop yu fool

Not because I tan so but the Lord know what I was am

What is to is will is

Dem always waan gimme basket fi carry water an expect it fi full

Yu can carry horse go water but yu caan force it fi drink

hi seat kill miss tamas puss wha sweet nanny goat a go run im belly

Wey eyes caan si hart wont leap.

If you sleep wid dawg you rise wid flea


new broom sweep clean, old broom know corner.

anything yu no lik... no give it to other.

today fi me... tomorrow if yu.

new broom sweep clean, old broom know corner.

anything yu no like.. no give it to other.

today fi me... tomorrow if yu.

new broom sweepclean, old broom know corner anything yu no like... no give it
to other today fi me... tomorrow fi yu. whay gonne bad a moning must come ou
good a evelyen

bwoy if a lick yu todeh yu faawt perl button by di gross

Dem comeen like batty and bench...

Black is beauty an red is corruption

Rain a fall breeze a brow chicken batty outta door

Ride an whistle

Allie butten wuk fi nutten

yu fava corn time duppy!!!(scarecrow I think)

yu head fava sensi fowl (proud person)


yu lip long like fi draw bridge !!

craven choke puppy!! (glutten)

mi granny always used to seh.....wah sweet nanny goat a gu run him belly

long run, short ketch

mi nuh just born yes se deh

yu think mi a idot

"Every Mikkle meka mukkle" (or one one coco fill basket)

"Dont count yu chicken befo' dem hatch"

"Dont put all yu egg dem inna one basket"

"what nuh kill yu, fatten yu"

"6 a one, half a dozen a di odda"

"yu tink sey mi a tear out mi draws fi go?" - ... "

come come hog man pig ah bwoy nuh ask big man question!

uno pickney have a date tonite, wit bedrock and pillow jam hard ears pickney
yuh nuh hear, yuh will feel!!

Girl, is you? Mi mind JUS' run on yuh!

Mi granny use to seh a no same dey leaf drop a wata batam e ratten.
Mi granny always used to seh....

Get yo stinkin butt outa dat bathroom or mi granny gonna take dat paddle to yo
bum in a sec. And yo momma aint here to save that stinky but'a yours
now.Boy,yo listenin' to may!Hello!I don't know why I try messin witch you!

Mi granny always used to seh....

Get yo stinkin butt outa dat bathroom or mi granny gonna take dat paddle to yo
bum in a sec. And yo momma aint here to save that stinky but'a yours
now.Boy,yo listenin' to may!Hello!I don't know why I try messin witch you!

Is where you goin wid dat "pity-pity-poor-boye" face, massah?

If pickney no hear then, them muss feel.

When my little brother was bad she would ask

''Yuh shit ina church yard....you fave vah faugh ina matches box

Yuh fava iron donkey ina shorts

Scornful dog nyam dirty puddin.

"Manners can tek yuh chu de worl wid out a penny"

De man mad like mad pus pis.

De kar shine like black dag bolls

Mi granny phrase is what gone bad a morning can't come back good a evening.
Sometimes when ido something bad and i regret it she always tell me that.
mi granny used to sa wa da sweet nanny goat a go run he belly

MI GANNY USED TO SA CHICKEN DA MARY AK DA NEER TO PICK YOU BACKSADE

If mi nuh liv' fi see wah happ'n ants wi cyar it cum a mi grave

smoke da cheebea

yuh no fi wase di food cause if yuh wase it today tomarrow yuh a go want it fi
nam, beacuseyuh never now wa di futuer hold.

SWEETMARIES - AH SMEL YU AH SMEL YUH DRAWS

Scarnful dog niam dutty pudding

One, one coco full baskit

hard ears pickney dead ah sun hot

Who beg doan get, who doan beg doan want

Wah gone bad ah nite, cyant come good ah marnin

"Chicken merry -Hawk near"

Unnu gwine nyam air pie and nuttn chop tinight

yuh gwane fine out where water walk go a pumpkin belly.(still haven't found
that out yet)

a man neva no de use a im bakside, til boil tek it...

A nuh every thing good fi good fi talk.


Di same knife weh stick sheep will stick goat

Man born fi drown cyan heng

" Hard ays pickney butten dem shut twice". " Show me yu cumpany, I tell yu
who yu are". " Yu ly wid dogs, yu'll rise wid fleas". " yu can lead a donky to
wata, but yu can't mek dem drink". " dawg weh keep bad cumpany will eat ded
jankro meat".

Wha sweet nanny goat a go run im belly.

Yu tan de a kin yu teet lacka cam dog.

Yu feva wen batty bex wid chimmey.

Lawd gimme de pilla an tek de case.

Dawg a fi mi age a nu puppy.

if ah lick yuh yuh see, you pee pee pan yuhself!

Lawd! Tek di case an' gi mi di pilla!

A nuff more horse mi si run an' di 'ole a dem tap a Miss Mimie gate!

WEH SWEET NANNY GOAT A GO RUN IM BELLY

If yu no hear inna yu ears, yu feel inna yu kin.

Me frighten yu fenneh!

Yu coming like cool rock stone a river battam.


Howdy an tanky no brok no square

No tek mi mek pappy show, gal!!

Scawnful dawg eat dutty puddin.

When six yeye meet story done!

Stay on de crooked an cut straight.

Short cut might cut you short!

dog ha money buy cheese. when cyaan get di cheese him buy di cheese cloth
cuz di money haffi spen'

Woman luck de a dungle heap... ...fowl come scratch it up

Fire de a mus-mus tail him tink a cool breeze.

Hause dead an cow fat!!

Yuh caan lide a hause to wata but yuh caan mek im drink it!!

Wah caan cum gud a maunin caan cum gud a evenin!!

Mih belli full, but mi hungry!!

Yuh no wut a penni!!

Yuh hard ears so til!!

YUH TINK SEH MI BORN BIG


IF YUH NUH HEAR YUH MUS FEEL.

Neva call alligator long mouth till you pass him.

wen plantin wan ded it shoot fus

so so coco betta dan sleep so so

ratta belly full putata hab kin

tek sleep an mark dead

trouble neba set like rain

a nuh everyting yu hear yu fi beleeb, tek wah im/she tell yu with a grain a salt

wah yu sew is wah yu reap

who no ha cocoa a sun nar look fu rain

no lay me spit an e dry before you come back

foul pan roost no hard fu catch

you could bawl till dhy kingdom come

you carn see fudder dan yu nose

monkey say, 'cool breeze'

monkey know wa tree who jump pam


lang grass carry news, badi-care-da ha ears to hear

Learn fi dance a yard before yu guh abroad

what is joke to de butcher, is death to de cow.

Ole time fire stick easy fi ketch

Ole time fire stick easy fi ketch

man who go to bedd with itchy batty mus wake up wid smelly fingers

de bowy soo thef milk out a coffe

IF YOU RIDE LIKE LIGHTINING YOU WILL CRASH LIKE THUNDER

Dawg a swet, long hair cuva it. If me lik yuh yuh si pickney, you lan we grass no
grow.

Lis'en now pickney, Tek yuh han' out di pot 'cause yuh too damn lickey lickey!!!

The late Dr. William M. Connor c/o - Who does'nt hear by the cracking of the
whip, will hear by the tolling of the bell.

"Mi granny always used to seh, not same day leaf fall it rot."

gwan kin yu teet laka cong dahg

YUH COULDA BAWL BLOOD, AH YUH DWEET!!

GWAN GAL FORE AH TELL YUH BOUT YUH WHATS IT NAT. GO WEY GAL, YUH
FAVA HENG PON NAIL EF YUH NO WEY GOOD FI YUH,YUH OODA SLEEP WID
ONE YEYE OPEN TEK YUH AN OUTTA YUH HEAD FORE A KONK YUH WID DE
COMB

hi i went to jamaica lots of times it is so cool

MI GRANNY ALWAYS SEH: ONE ONE COCO FULL BASKIT

WEY EYE NO SI HEART NUH LEAP

SIX AH ONE, HALF DOZEN A DE ODDA

MI AN YUH NOH COMBOLO!! PICKINEY!

NUH TEK MI MEK FOOL.

Basket Caan Carry Watta

Hard ears pickney muss feel sun hot

Yuh gu deh fi drink milk an nuh count di cow dem!

Hard ears pickney muss feel sun hot.

Yuh go deh fi drink milk an nuh count de cow dem!!

Donkey seh world nuh level.

Lie wid dawg, muss get up with flea.

Puss an dawg nuh have same luck.

What don't kill, fatten.

Pot ah call de kettle black.


When trouble tek yu pickney shut [shirt] fit big man.

Fasten ina batty hole. [In big trouble.]

What gone bad a morning cant come good a evening.

One hand cant clap.

Two heads better than one.

Throw mi corn mi neva call nu fowl.

What is joke to you is death to me.

Teeth and tongue ha fi meet.

What sweet nanny goat a go run him belly.

Find somewhere to put yu head before yu put yu cock.

ya too fass'

One one cocoa full basket.

If u no siddung under fowl roof, fowl can't shit pon u!

mi granny always used to seh , ears can't hear batty wi feel

wah sweet nanny goat agu bun im belly - 1) if a lauf a pap up

puss nu belang in a dawg bizniz


Cum in like sey puss brokk coconat inna fi yu yeye.

Stay de play fool fi ketch wise.

Yuh betta pull up yuh sacks.

Yuh teet dem fava lakka fi Kung dawg.

Nu fuss, everyting cool an curry!

weh eye nuh see heart nuh leap

play wid puppy puppy tun round lick yuh mout

Fowl dah yad nuh hade fi ketch.

Bush ha ears an wall cana ha eye.

Fire dah mus mus tail, him tink a cool breeze.

Dag drink seh fi yuh fi yuh.

Duppy know who fi frighten.

One finga cann kill louse.

Yuh nuh know four.

Day longa dah rope.

Every day bucket ga well the bottom mus drop out.

mi a go show yuh how wata walk caah punkin gut.


scornful dog nyam duttie puddin' !

yuh face fava when chimmy gwan a war an' come back

Falla fashion monkey neva drink good soup.

You black like tar pot

Duppi unda tree a kimbo

cry,cry, baby moonshine darling tek off your clothes and go to ya bed:when u go
to sunday school teacha call u a big duppi fool

Small axe chap dun big tree!

cow nu knue ey use a fi im tail til ih chap off!! whey yu feed maugga dog ih tun
round and bite yu!!!

Uno pickney dem wan a licken'

A wah dis! You tan yesa and I tan hesa

Empty barrel make the most noise.

when trouble tek yuh pickney shoes fit yu

Every hoe have dem stick a bush..

Pig ask im madda, "mumma why yu mout so long", im madda say chile yu a
come yu wi see.

the cow never know the use of �im tail until the butcher cut it off
TONGUE AN TEE NUH FE MEET, TWO BULL CAN ROLL INA 1 PEN, WAIT... YU JUS
A CUM, IF U LIVE INN GLASS HOUSE DONT THROW STONE,

TELL HIM FE GO SUCK MRS BARNES... 2)DONT GIVE ME A 6 FE A 9 3)SO..YOUR


TRYING TO SLIP ME A GEORGE 4)IF I LICK U, U S#$% GREASE 5)IF A LICK YU , YU
CLUCK 6)HARD EARS PICKNEY BITE ROCK STONE 7)GAL WEH GIGGLY GIGGLY EZ
FE LIE DOWN... 8)WEH YOU GET HIM FROM ..HIM HEAD FAVAR BUMBA-BRUSH
9)ANYTHING TO BLACK NUH GOOD 10)BUT CYAH..DE POT A CALL DE KETTLE
BLACK 11)COME HELL OR HOT WATR

SEE AN BLIND HEAR AN DEAF 2)YOUR TOO BE SEEN AND NOT HEARD 3)HOW YU
CUM SUH PICKNEY 4)YU HEAD A TEK U 5)FALL FALLA GET LEFT 6)AN NUH EVERY
TING YU SEE YU MUST WANT 7)WANTI WANTI CAN GET IT,GET IT GET IT NUH
WANT 8)STOP BEG, YU BLIND 9)DONT PUT ALL YOU EGGS IN ONE BASKET
10)DUPPY KNOW WHO FE FRIGHTEN

YU NUH SICK MAN A GAS 2)ONLY TING OUTTA ROAD OPEN AFTA 12 IS MAN
EYES AN WOMAN THIGHS ...GO TO BED

My granny still sey: " same kata same drum, nuh richer nuh poorer, nuh betta a
mawning, nuh betta a evening mi de ya a look and live like bredda puss and
bredda dawg." (of course this is her response when asked how she doing) "the
higha a monki cliam the more him expose"

"lang run, shart cetch" moove ova an let dan doda cum true

whah a fi caan bi unfi yuh.

chicken merri 'awk deh near.

wah sweet nanny goat run 'im belly


'uman luck deh a dungle heap.

if yuh neva go a fowl roose fowl 'ouldnt filt pah yuh.

im cum home when dawg 'fraid.

'im rich soh 'til 'im can tell cow howdie.

'ow yuh soh mahga?, yuh fava when maskita nah get good care

si dung neva sey git up.

di hous' shine like a dalla piece

when banana wah dead 'im shoot

di hiyah di monkey climb di more 'im expose 'im self

let sleeping dawg lie

'im black like ace of spade

yuh teet yellow like yuh a advatise carnmeal

weh eye noh si hart noh leap

neva si cum si

a noh one time monkey wah wife

puss gawn rat tek charge

yuh fava heng pah nail


tek time talk,bush hab heaz and stump wear hat

too much rat neva dig a good hole

every dawg hab 'im day

every tub a sidung pan dem own batty

yuh spit inna di sky it fall inna yuh face

yuh too red eye

"If me gi yu a bitch lick yu see pickney, yu tink a cool breeze"

di higha di monkey climb a de more im expose imself

chicken merry, hawk deh near

fiya deh a mus mus tale im tink a cool breeze

one one cooco full basket

save yuh tears fi wen mi ded an gawn

Tideh fi yuh tomorrow fi mi

noh mek mi lick yuh weh grass noh grow yaaw pickney

have have nuh want it and wanti wanti caant get it

si an blind hear an deaf


if yuh want good yuh nose haffi run

feast tideh famine tomorrow

if yuh neva goh a fowl roose fowl wouldn't filt pon yuh

gal mak yuh so lick-ie-licky

gal mak yuh so lick-ie-licky

ya eat chicken batty caz ya mout nan stop

Mi Granny used to seh " He who have raw meat muss seek fire!

" not everybady weh sey Lord Lord ago enta

" Yu haffi kiss jackass, before you can ride im.

"if yu nose was a door post where yu would hang the hinges

don't mek yu madda affi hol ar belly an ball fi yu.

I going to ban my belly.

Learn fi dance a yard , before yu go an dance abroad .

Let sleeping dawgs lye .

cool yu heels man !

one an half dozen of di otha.

tek up yu carouches .
please to lef mi alone .

shit run up, it noh run dung.

samr place yuh pick up yuh nose north go bac deh go blow it out!!!

Cow nuh know di use of 'im tail till fly tek him

Neva trouble trouble 'till trouble trouble yu...

mi fren mother seh..

if yu gi weh yu batty, yu a go shit thru yu ribs...

and mi Granny seh..

in life you ave yu do's and dont's, an yu betta nu do yu dont's

wen mi hear from di shout...

long run,short ketch

wen bad luck a falla yuh, wet paper cut yuh

hog neva Know di use ah im tail, till it en' up inna salt barrel 5)mout mek fi talk

scornful dawg nyam dutty puddn'

'im look like seh johncrow ah roas' plantain fi 'im

siddung neva seh gittup


one han' caan clap

come hell or high water...

sleep till sun grow sucka

yuh nah cut nuh dash

monkey fi know weh 'im ah go put 'im tail, before 'im order trousers

wha'appen, macka inna yuh bed?

"a seh cu yah! Yu se me dyin trial...

Hard Head makes a soft ASS!!!!!!!!!!!

"What last too long serves two masters"

"All who no hear will feel"

"Hard ears pickney always die inna sun hot"

Who don't hear will feel

jah nuh wear pajama

nevva miss old knife til im gone

If you no see dung unda fowl roof, fowl can' shit pon u.

Fire de a muss muss tail

A no one day monkey a go wan' wife


Every mickle mek a muckle

Chicken merry.....hawk de near.

Dawg nyam yu suppa.

Kiss mi neck.

I' wi betta befo' yu married.

Jack panya cry fi fedda 'im no cry fi livin'.

Evry half a hoe ha dem 'tick a bush.

Rubbish de a bush.....i' only wan sinting good fi come catch i' weh.

Yu ears no bore.

Yu no dun go up deh hill.....no tro weh yu 'tick.

Yu woulda neva gi' mi akam seed.

Back foot.

Mi nuh wan yu get sheg up.

Yu see evry body a jump pan two foot....yu jump pan one.

Learn fi cut an carve.

Learn fi tie yu belly tight.


Bad as sting be.

when trouble tek uno pickney shut fit uno.

Where ever u be, let it be free cause that was the end of Poor Mary Lee! (the
answer is "passing gas")

Mek hay while de sun-shine

Cause yuh neva know what tomorrow will bring....

Pickney,,,yu too ungrateful

If a lik yu tonite,,yu granny feel it.

Jesus Savior pilot me! Nuh mek mi spit an it dry up an yu nuh come back!

My grandma used to say... Long time no hear.

And tree times i called that man!!!

what happein mon, havent heard from u in such a long time!!

Hold your fork and knife right.

girls arnt supposed to whistle!!

Fowl we feed a hand no hard fi catch

Mi not fattnin cockroach fi fowl

"Pickney must be seen and not heard"


"Dawg a go nyam yuh suppa"

a weh dog have, him give him friend. nuh mek night catch yuh still a look food.

mi ole time granny used to sey yu wi red again

yuh a young bud an young bud no know storm/dry limb!

i lke asses

MI nah clean no course wha monkey gang up

Ya grow come see

uhh........go eat fruit of some odd sort

di higher monkey climb, di more him batty expose

neva mine mi chile, tek kin teet kibba heart bun (burn)

but si ya pickney ...

weh sweet yu a go sour yu.

pickney go study yu book.

fi yu mout mussi set pan spring.

yu soon find out how muck o'clock a strike.

eet di likle food gyal yu see how yu belly sink een like dem hungry dawg

unu young people bawn wid goal spoon inna unu mouth an noh know how fi gi
tanks fa.

'a wha mek u ears so tuff? stick bruk in deh?

hard ears mek a soft behind

ah gwine meet u waterloo.jus wait till a ketch u.

every puss have dem 4'o clock.

show mi u fren an mi tell yu who yu are

cow caan hear woo. neck belong to butcha.

manners carry u through the world.

tief neva like fi see tief wid long bag.

drowning man catch after straw.

mi chile, be careful. im will promise u de moon and stars and dont own a light
bulb.

'a wha mek u ears so tuff? stick bruk in deh?

hard ears mek a soft behind

ah gwine meet u waterloo.jus wait till a ketch u.

every puss have dem 4'o clock.

show mi u fren an mi tell yu who yu are


cow caan hear woo. neck belong to butcha.

manners carry u through the world.

tief neva like fi see tief wid long bag.

drowning man catch after straw.

mi chile, be careful. im will promise u de moon and stars and dont own a light
bulb.

Dog belly full potato ave skin

( means you may be picky about what you eat ,but after you eat it you will get
fed)

jackass seh world nuh level

when tief tief tief , God laugh

lack yu mouth before mi shet it fi yu,

dawg a dawg pus a diffrent sinting.

Poopa Jesus give mi strent

SEE AN BLINE . HEAR AN DEF

YU GI WEH YOU ASS AN SHIT TRU YUH RIBS

YU SOUA LIKE LIME

WATCH FATTY BUM BUM A COME DUNG DE LANE


YU FAT LIKE MUDFISH

GOAT SE BUTCHA AN NO KNOW IM FE RUN

BUT KE PAN YOU LOOK LIKE HUNGRY MOUNGRIL

A nuh di same dey leef drap inna wata eh ratten.

Nuh mek mi hav fi lik out yuh plate kloth fram outa di grass kart.

Cow nuh no di use a im tail til fly pitch pon it.

Yu neva no di use a yuh batty til boil tek it.

Dawg goine nam yuh suppa.

Yei (eye) nuh sell a markit.

God, tek di case an' gimme di pillow!

when plantain wan' dead, it shoot!

sorry fi mawga dawg,'im tun roun' bite yuh...

if yuh born fi drown, yuh cyaan hang...

play wit' puppy, puppy lick yuh nose..

throw stone inna pig pen, di one weh bawl out, a 'im get lick

fire deh a muss muss tail, 'im tink a cool breeze...


humble calf suck di most milk...

everyday bucket go a well, one day di bottom mus' drop out...

neva cast yuh pearl among swine

don' waste powder pon blackbird...

come yah Liza!

tan deh wait pon mi...

yuh see har? dat is dishclaat, tun tableclaat...

yuh see har? dat is dishclaat, tun tableclaat...

Hot lik & Backside nuh 'gree.

Ah nuh same day leaf fall ina pon e rotten.

Ol woman a swear fe calaloo -- Calaloo a swear fe run she belly.

Go fix yuself. Yu look like heng pan nail.

And her Saturday special --

Kirrout - yu nuh se seh me jus clean de house. If a lik yu tiday yu pee-pe drizzle
laka rain.

When dawg have enuff money im buy im own fleas!

It is better to shutup and be considered a fool than to open your mouth and
remove all doubt.
mi bruk, caan even stop a stale bread cart!

tek hog and put him inna white shirt, himgo right back go walla inna mud

good foul a go a market, senseh pick pu himself seh him a go to.

as yuh look a yuh headside, yuh see seh yuh will lef yuh mumma suga-pan a
market

same knife weh stick sheep, stick goat

yuh head feava when 3 people lef inna market

yuh gwine shit pon yuh white frock!!! (everything she tells you, you say:"mi
know")

Kiss mi neck what a piece sah renkingness.

How come yuh suh bright?!?!

Aman might tink dat ar puss tighyt, den me tink he cock wee tiny

a stiche in time save nine

"Yu see 'ow yur mouth look like fowl batty?".

"Is wha yu tek mi fah?; yu tek dis ting fi a joke".

"When money gone, salt pork come".

"'im likkle, but, 'im talawaa".


"Don' mek me lick yu down, kill yu".

"'im trow some lick inna 'im shut yu see."

"Yuh see yu? Yuh see yuh?"

"Yuh 'ead big like a warf dawg".

"Is wha yu tek mi fah?; yu tek dis ting fi a joke".

"When money gone, salt pork come".

"'im likkle, but, 'im talawaa".

"Don' mek me lick yu down, kill yu".

"'im trow some lick inna 'im shut yu see."

"Yuh see yu? Yuh see yuh?"

"Yuh 'ead big like a warf dawg".

"Is wha yu tek mi fah?; yu tek dis ting fi a joke".

"When money gone, salt pork come".

"'im likkle, but, 'im talawaa".

"Don' mek me lick yu down, kill yu".

"'im trow some lick inna 'im shut yu see."

"Yuh see yu? Yuh see yuh?"


"Yuh 'ead big like a warf dawg".

"Is wha yu tek mi fah?; yu tek dis ting fi a joke".

"When money gone, salt pork come".

"'im likkle, but, 'im talawaa".

"Don' mek me lick yu down, kill yu".

"'im trow some lick inna 'im shut yu see."

"Yuh see yu? Yuh see yuh?"

"Yuh 'ead big like a warf dawg".

Walk fe nuttin betta den sit fe nuttin

Yuh mout set pon spring? Yuh mouth big like fi puddin pan Yuh mouth white
like when jackass a nam starch...

MI FLING STONE INNA HOG PEN, DE ONE DAT SQUEAL IS DE ONE IT LIK

NUH HANG YUH HAT WHEY YUH CAAN REACH IT

JOKE BETTA DAN QUARRELL

LONG RUN SHORT KETCH

PROVACATION MEK JACKASS KICK

PUSS MUSSI BRUK COCONUT INNA YUH EYE


if mi lick yuh, yuh filt!

wey no kill fatten, wey no fatten forgotten

wen you kotch pon people eyelash, no temp dem fi quint

Chiken merry hawk de near..

Tik ya, yuh tink a joke mi a mek!!!

every dog 'ave 'im day, a' 'im puss 'im four o'clock

play wid puppy, puppy lick yu out' (actually Mummy said these two, but she
done owl ahreddy, so it might as well be granny weh did seh so)

but see here!!!!

FEED MAGA DAUG, MAGA DAUG TURN ROUN AN BITE YOU

SAve yuh tears till makka juk yuh !!

" Yuh feyva iron donkie inna shaarts"

Nega people caaaaaan tek promotion

If yu cyaan hear, then yu a goh feel.

Mada fire say if yu caan hear a yu ears yu wi hear a yu backside!!

Dat de bwoy so teef him cuda teef milk out a caufee tea!!

Da bwoy de so chat him moat jus a gwaan like sammy moat. Lard tap de nise an
mek mi yess nyam grass.

This is not a saying, but, unnuh eva wonda ah ow Jamaican people suh brazin'?
Imagine, everybaddy else weh a tief weh come a farien come pan boat, but we
affi come pan plane, well bush out wid wi suitcase full ah tings fi all ah who wi
expec fi si when wi come yah! Si weh "Mi ole granny use to seh" yah: " Me
wanda if ah bomb clash inna yuh eaiz (ears) 'ole?"

Mi granny always used to seh, gwan a yuy bed.

Sun gone doown aw moon rease, Aw baby aw lie doown pa lef ease.

Sun gone doown aw moon rease, di baby aw lie doown pa lef ease.

If yu rub butter a pus mouth, im must lik it

never swap black dawg fi monkey

"all dos who cwan hear will feel!!"

"oh yu so aise hawd?"

"a kill yu wan kill me?"

"gwan an see if mi nuh gi yu two tump inna yu backside"

"watch me ahn yu when mi come home!"

"weh yah cry fah? yu wahn mi gi yu sumting fi cry fah?"

"is wah sweet yu?"

"yu too rude! learn yu mannas!"


wha sweet nanny goat a guh run im belly.

Mi Granny Used to Say, "Poppyshow have dem geng" and "Back a dawg a dutty
dawg, in front a dawg a Mr. Dawg"

When yuh see trouble you fi run. Yuh too force ripe. If yuh know you draws
have whole shet you foot. Yuh too licky licky, yuh soon get ketch.

Chicken Merry, Hawk deh near!

Dawg a sweat but lang hair cova it!

Once a man, twice a chile!!(child)

Mi Nuh Ramp With It.

Yu head big like when hog hav cold or Yu head fava roast coco. If u throw stone
in a hog pen, de one who bawl out, a dem y lik! Tan up de a look pon me, a beat
u wan beat mi! Yu betta dan dawg. lef mi pickney mek mi ears nyam grass. the
way how yu chat, yu fada mus y preacher!

Kiss mi granny neck back Ow yu so foo-fool yu muss tink seh mi baan de oda day
tek time walk walk good you smell like ten days cabbage wata go scratch yu
batty pon burr wire pickney whey no hear a go feel

Wen one go t'ru de next wan get stuck No ack lek falla fashion monkee Na falla
no fashion

de pig you raise, me raise de mother.

im pitch pupa lik pan dutti


hard ears pickney, will feel

rain a fall, but dutti tough

tree nuh grow ina my face!

im shoes a bun im, but im a galang same way

u too fas'an chatty chatty

yu nuh fi gi wey yu ass an shit tru yu ribs

sweet nanny goet a go run im belly

mek dem drive fast galang, them have appintment wid death

Lord tek di case an gimi di pillow

You tink say me a go walk through you fe see moon shine! You tink say you
meat caan eat!

yu can bring the donkey to the water but yu can't let him drink it

Wha' sweet ya, will sour ya!

Watch u self u hear pickney

The higher the monkey climb the more im expose im behind.

A no everyday monkey want wife.

Me come from weh pat a bwoil an no fire no deh


Gi mi you back chat mek i gi you mi back hand

bush dem afe eyes and wall dem afe ears

You want two bitch lick!!!

Neva try to ketch a flea ina hurry-it mite fly.

Don't test mi faith

Nuh badda get pan mi wrong side in ere

Every mickle mek a muckle

kiss mi neck

sweet jesus,a wha mi duh yuh

If i lick yuh, yuh piss up yuh self

see how yuh face skin up skin up like crush callaloo

but stop; but see ya

empty bag caan't stan up

yuh tink seh me an yuh a de same size

nuh gimme no lip

fix yuh face

-Lawd tek di case an gimme di pillo -But anybody si me trail


Pickney go iron yu clothes dem fava calaloo bungle

You chat to Mucking Fuch

When ashes cold dog sleep in it. Wait on time. Dat nuh full eye. (not good
enough) Bwoy so dunce, cyan do nutten but chop grass. Me know him from
when Adam was a bwoy. De amount of material whey him tear. (when a man
curse badwords)

Follow fashion monkey never drink good soup.

I HAD THE BEST TIME WHEN I WENT TO THE REGGAE SUNSPLASH IT WAS THE
BOMB NUFF NUFF LOVE.

423 South Fremont Alhambra, CA 91801

hard ears pickney mus feel

Any body give you joke?

nuh every thing good fi eat good fe talk!

trouble no set like rain!

nuh every thing good fi eat good fe talk!

SORRY FE MAARGA DOG HIM TUN ROUND BITE YU!

IF YU NEVER GO UNDER FOWL RUSE THEM CANT SHIT PAN YU

IF RATBAT NEVER KNOW SAY HIM BATTY BIG HIM WOULD NOT SWALLOW
ABBAE SEED!
Fi yuh piss nuh bun grass yet!

Tek yuh han tun fashion missis!

lawd God

Hosh, befar me skin ya bumbleclart teet, (dem)

Lawd a mercy!

Man buy rum and fly fus drunk

Live well man drink soup wid fork

Liberty come tru carelessness

Wha yu eye no see di heart no leap

High C (CHAIR) KILL MISS THOMAS PUS

If yu caan hear yu mus feel

if yu too happi yu a gu fine out how wata walk gu a pumkin belly

yuh look like seh when thunda clap puss unda pear tree

A nuh mi granny, cause mi nuh memba her. But ah so mi madda did say

"Unnuh goin' bring me to bamboo ashes" "A place fuh everyting an everyting in
it place"

when una a go a school and put una head to una lesson an nuh walk an trouble
any pikney a road.

Mi Granny used to say -

Mi Granny used to say -....wha sweet Nanny Goat a go run him belly. When
ashes cold ,dog sleep in deh A nuh the same day leaf drop in a water it rotten .
New broom sweep clean, old broom know de corner. The higher monkey climb
de more him expose.

A NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN, BUT AN OLD BROOM KNOWS EVERY CORNER

THE HIGHER THE MONKEY CLIMBS THE MORE HIM EXPOSE

NO CUP NO BROKE, NO COFFEE NO DASH WAY.

MI THROW MI CORN, BUT ME NO CALL NO FOWL

WHAT SWEET NANNY GOAT A GO RUN HIM BELLY

"If it doesn't come out in the wash - It will come out in the rinse"

UNNU FAVA CUNNU-MUNNU.

CU PAN UNNU!!

KISS MI MUMMA NECK BACK!!

LAWD GAD MI DEAD NOW!!!

Me Mumma seh dem yah If mi lick yu yu piss Mi wi gi yu 2 bitch lick.

"walk good"
One,one coco full basket.

Wah sweet yuh a go sowah yuh.

Tek di mata out a yuh yei (eye) befo yuh tek out fimi.

Fi de lickin of de spoon, yuh lass the spoon full

Puss belly full, rat batty stink

Two rat caun dig good ole. Two bull caun rule inna one pen.

pig ask im mumma way mek ar mout so long, she sah yuh a grow come yuy wi
sih.

dat deh is hotta dan nine days love.

when yu drop boop, me drop tip

pikney bway, mek yu so hard ears?

look ya massa, me wi kick yu wey grass no grow

but yu see me dying trials?

if I lick yu, yu fwat!!!

when I use to hang around with my friends in our yard, mi granny use to sey....if
da backyard de no give yu gal, it ago give yu bway.

tek een maga dog, maga dog tun roun' an dite yuh.

yu free paper soon bun


High wind know where old house live.

You can hide and buy ground but you can't hide and work it.

dogs does sweat but long hair hides it.

you will never miss a slice from a loaf that's already cut.

me nah fatten chicken fi mangose

yuh hav to much ion inna fira

mi lickle but mi talawa

... don't smoke the brown weed...

yu hav fe mash ans belly fe se wah in deh

yuh hav fi mash ans fi se wah ina dem belly

...mi know dah sang deh fram mi yeye deh a mi knee.......

...fram Adam bawn til now mi neva si such a baderation...

Cockroach no business inna fowl fight.

Every mickle mek a muckle

mi madda yusta sey

"quiet riva run deep"


Beg water cyan boil cow skin.

Stone ah river bottom nuh know wha stone ah roadside ah feel.

you big like a mud frog

"'ard ears pickeny dead a sun 'at"

"Sick man nuh care, dactah nuh care"

"Mi hungry till mi blue"

"What is joke to you is deat to anaada"

"don't bite di an wha feed yuh"

"today was a memorey and today is a gift"

you mussi outta you cotton picking mind

who cyan hear mus feel

Betta belly bust dan good food waste.

Wanti' wanti' caan' geti', Geti' geti' no wanti'

Yuh tink seh yuh a Aligasta(big shot)?

Yuh look good from far, but, yuh ongly look far from good

Yuh ah no dreamboat, yuh ah nitemare

Unnu always togedda like Psyche & Trimm


Yuh chat so muh, yuh mussi nyam chicken batty

Yuh hed bumpy-bumpy like blackpeppa grain

Go bathe, yuh dutty, tink, & sweet

Careful, if yuk kin poop-a-lick(cartwheel)

Unnu pickney gwaan like unnu big,unnu a ongly fluxey mango

Yuh too fenke-fenke(wishy washy)

Hard yez pickeney bun inna sun hot

Yuh mussi tink seh mi born when mi ma gone a mawket

If every time yu open yu mouth yu put yu foot in it, One day yu choke on yu
socks

Want it want it can't get it, and get it get it nuh want it.

Who nuh beg nay get it, and who nuh beg nuh want it.

Scornful dog eat dirty pudding

Jus cause yuh grow likkle fur pan yuh front, yuh tink seh yuh a big man/woman

You tink say me ago look through you fe see moonshine

Yuh bwoil corn but yuh steam rice.

Horse dead, cow fat and mule margar


Is wha de likkle angal(angel) cudda do now mek unno a murder im so?!
(Whenever we were being spanked or beaten as we know it)

Wilful waste mek woeful want!

If yu caan hear yu wi feel!

A promise is only a comfort to a fool.

Yu neva too old fi get yu bahind wipped. Yu tink sey yu a big ooman cau yu leg
dem long.Yu wrong Nuh falla di crowd cau u wi get lef. Move yu rass

weh sweet yu will suh wah yu

kibber yo mouth

pickney a ha pickney

Belli full, pitata ha string

Madda suck de sour grape, pickney eye de pon edge

Stay pon crooked and cut straight

Far apart mek okra supple

Puss bruk coconut ina yu eye

man nu dead, no call him duppy

Cut off one's nose to spite one's face


Cant make love pon empty belly

Scornful daag naam dutty pudding

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