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Thu, 24.09.2009

OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CITY by Marian Anderson

Oh, what a beautiful city!
Oh, what a beautiful city!
Oh, what a beautiful city!
Twelve gates a to de city, a-Halleluh!

Oh, what a beautiful city!
Oh, what a beautiful city!
Oh, what a beautiful city!
Twelve gates a to de city, a-Halleluh!

Three gates in a de east,
Three gates in a de west,
Three gates in a de north,
Three gates in a de south,
Makin ‘it twelve gates a to de city, a-Halleluh!

Oh, what a beautiful city!
Oh, what a beautiful city!
Oh, what a beautiful city!
Twelve gates a to de city, a-Halleluh!

My Lord built a-dat city,

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This poem re-stages a tracing match (quarrel) between two Jamaican women. Common cuss-words like "boogooyagga" (low-grade) "heng-pon-nail " (bedraggled) are used. Gwan gal yuh fava teggereg, Ah wey yuh gwine goh... CUSS – CUSS by Louise Bennett.
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