Jamaica is a small country with only three million inhabitants,
but its effect on global culture and music has been massive.
It created a brand-new and unique musical art form
which has been adopted and loved around the world.
I am speaking of the ska and reggae music.
We have been privileged on this show to welcome
some of the great exponents of this art form.
Over the next hour, we will be enjoying
the likes of Jimmy Cliff, Bob and Marcia, Rico Rodriguez,
Toots and the Maytals, Desmond Dekker and many others.
But let's start with Aswad in 1994.
# Come on and shine Shine
# Shine like a star
# Shining so bright
# Like the star that you are
# Oh-oh-oh-oh shine Shine
# Into the future
# Spreading your light
# Wherever you are
# I burn like a fire left in the rain
# As I run the race
# Oh, yes, I feel the pain
# From the resistance I'm feeling the strain
# And now the realisation is that we are all born the same
# Come on and shine Shine
# Shine like a star
# Shining so bright
# Like the star that you are
# Oh-oh-oh-oh shine Shine
# Into the future
# Spreading your light
# Wherever you are
# I reach for the moon and I reach for the stars
# But with the strength from within me
# The further and faster I run
# Stretching my sinews to the bone
# Achieving all goals that I seek I know I must do it alone
# When they said I'd never make it
# I found strength from within
# Cos it is there if you seek it
# So you can get it if you really want
# So shine Shine
# Shine like a star
# Shining so bright like the star that you are
# Oh-oh-oh-oh, shine Shine
# Into the future
# Spreading your light
# Wherever you are
# Shine, shine your light
# Nigel Benn, the warrior Called the Dark Destroyer
# Eubank, simply the best Nobody alive can touch that
# Linford Christie say nobody alive can catch me
# Moving like lightning with nuff energy
# Shine, shine your light
# Yes, we're badder than bad Shine, shine your light
# We're growing badder Shine, shine your light
# The reggae lord Shine, shine your light
# Him a float like a butterfly, the hurdling man
# Yes, me a chat 'bout Colin Jackson
# The crowd is roaring Ian Wright scoring
# Boogie man a fe the mighty champion fe we
# When they said I'd never make it
# I found strength from within
# Cos it is there if you seek it
# So you can get it if you really want
# So shine Shine
# Shine like a star
# Shining so bright like the star that you are
# Oh-oh-oh-oh, shine Shine
# Into the future
# Spreading your light
# Wherever you are
# Yeah, come on and shine Shine. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Young
# Gifted and black
# Oh, what a lovely precious feeling
# To be young
# Gifted and black
# Open your heart to what I mean
# In the whole world today
# There are a million boys and girls
# Who are young, gifted and black
# And that's a fact
# Young
# Gifted and black
# We must begin to tell our young
# There's a world waiting for you
# Yours is the quest that's just begun
# When you're feeling real low
# Here's a great truth
# You should know When you are
# Young
# Gifted and black
# Your soul's intact
# Oh, to be
# Young Young, gifted and black
# Oh, how I long to know the truth
# There were times when I look back
# And I am haunted by my youth
# Oh, but my joy of today
# Is that we can all be brothers When you are
# Young
# Gifted and black
# Is where it's at
# Young
# Gifted and black
# We must begin to tell our young
# There's a world waiting for you
# Yours is the quest that's just begun
# When you're feeling real low
# Here's a great truth you should know
# When you are
# Young gifted and black
# Your soul's intact
# Oh, to be young Young, gifted and black
# Oh, how I long to know the truth
# There were times when I look back
# And I am haunted by my youth
# But my joy of today
# Is that we can all be proud to say
# When you are
# Young, gifted and black
# That's where it's at
# Is where it's at
# Is where it's at. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
VOCALISES
# Lord, now
# Oh, yeah
# Every time I hear the music and I make a dip, a dip, yeah
# Slave master comes around and spank I with his whip, a whip
# But if I don't get my desire
# Then I'll set the plantations on fire
# My temperature is getting much higher
# Got to get what I require
# Cos every time we do the work
# Sometimes we are hurt, yeah
# Lord of mercy
# Boss never do a thing but hold on to his girth
# And if I don't get my desire
# Then I'll set the plantations on fire
# My temperature is getting much higher
# Got to get what I require
# Slave master
# Lord, now
# Oh
# Every time I hear the music
# And I move my hip, my hip, yeah
# Slave master comes around and spank I with his whip, a whip
# And if I don't get my desire
# Then I'll set the plantations on fire
# My temperature is getting much higher
# Got to get what I require
# Slave master I'm the shepherd of my pasture
# You work me to scorn So 'low me make me gwaan
# Back off with it, cos I'm accustomed to your whip, yeah
# And if the chalice is around, round, round
# I'd surely take a sip
# Jah Jah know I'm through with it
# I want you to believe me
# Believe me when I say
# Lord knows I'm accustomed to your whip
# Lord
# I said your whip
# Lord Your whip
# Lord
# I said your whip
# Lord
# Your whip
# Lord
# I said your whip
# Yeah
# Your whip
# Lord
# I said your whip
# Lord
# Your whip
# Yeah
# I said Your whip. #
CHEERING
# Police and thieves
# In the street
# Oh, yeah
# Fighting the nation with their
# Guns and ammunition
# Police and thieves
# In the street
# Oh, yeah
# Scaring the nation with their
# Guns and ammunitions
# From Genesis
# To Revelation, yeah
# The next generation
# Will be Hear me
# All the crowds committing
# Day by day
# No-one try to stop it
# In any way
# All the peacemakers
# Turn war officers
# Hear what I say
# Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, hey, hey
# Police and thieves in the street
# Oh, yeah
# Fighting the nation with their
# Guns and ammunition
# Police and thieves in the street
# Oh, yeah
# Scaring the nation with their
# Guns and ammunition... #
SCATTING
SCATTING CONTINUES
# All the crowds committing
# Day by day
# No-one try to stop it
# In any way
# All the peacemakers
# Turn war officers
# Hear what I say
# Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, hey, hey
# Police and thieves
# In the street
# Oh, yeah
# Frightening the nation with their
# Guns and ammunitions
# Police and thieves in the street
# Oh, yeah
# Scaring the nation with their
# Guns and ammunitions
# Police and thieves
# Police, police and thieves Oh, yeah
# Police and thieves
# Police, police and thieves Oh, yeah
# Police and thieves
# Police, police and thieves Oh, yeah
# Police and thieves
# Police, police and thieves. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# You can get it if you really want
# But you must try, try and try
# Try and try
# You'll succeed at last
# Rome was not built in a day
# And opposition will come your way
# But the hotter the battle you see
# It's the sweeter the victory now
# You can get it if you really want
# But you must try, try and try
# Try and try
# You'll succeed at last
# Persecution you must bear
# Win or lose you've got to get your share
# You got your mind set on a dream
# You can get it, though hard it may seem now
# You can get it if you really want
# But you must try, try and try
# Try and try
# You'll succeed at last
# You can get it if you really want
# But you must try, try and try
# Try and try
# You'll succeed at last
# You can get it if you really want
# I know it
# You can get it if you really want I show it
# I live it You can get it if you really want
# I love it
# Yes, I know You can get it if you really want
# Ooh. #
Hey!
Yeah!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
The wonderful Jimmy Cliff in 2008.
A personal highlight of my musical career has been the privilege
of playing with some of the great ska and reggae artists,
many whom have performed with my orchestra as we've shared
New Year's Eve together on our Hootenanny.
In this sequence, we will see
my dear friend Rico Rodriguez,
we'll see reggae fan Amy Winehouse doing a Toots and the Maytals song
and we'll even see Toots himself.
But to start, here's a man who, in the 1970s, put this music
onto mainstream British radio -
Desmond Dekker.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Get up in the morning slaving for bread, sir
# So that every mouth can be fed
# Oh-oh
# The Israelites, oh, yeah
# Get up in the morning slaving for bread, sir
# So that every mouth can be fed
# Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh The Israelites
# Ah
# Wife and the kids They packed up and leave too
# Darling, she said, I was yours to be seen
# Oh-oh Oh, the Israelites, yeah, yeah
# Shirt them tear up Trousers are gone
# I don't want to end up like Bonnie and...
# Oh-oh Clyde
# The Israelites
# Well, you can hear me
# After a storm there must be a calm
# They catch me in the farm You sound your alarm
# Oh-oh The Israelites
# Eee, hey, hey
# I said I get up in the morning slaving for bread, sir
# So that every mouth can be fed
# Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, the Israelites
# Yeah, yeah
# Wife and the kids They pack up and leave too
# Darling, she said, I was yours to receive
# Oh-oh Oh, the Israelites
# Look, yeah
# Shirt them a-tear up Trousers are gone
# I don't want to end up like Bonnie and...
# Oh-oh Like Bonnie and Clyde
# The Israelites
# Well
# After a storm there must be a calm
# Me in the farm, you sound your... Oh-oh
# Oh, the Israelites
# Eee-ee-ee-ee
# Oh-oh, the Israelites
# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
# Oh-oh Oh, the Israelites
# I'm working so hard, yeah
# Oh-oh Yeah
# Oh, the Israelites
# Eee-ee-ee
# Oh-oh
AUDIENCE WHOOPS
# La-la, la-la, ooh-ooh-ooh
# Oh-oh Hey, hey, oh-oh
# The Israelites
# Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
# Ooh-oh Boy
# The Israelites. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Ay-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay
# Huggin' up a big monkey man
# Ay-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay
# Huggin' up a big monkey man
# I never saw you I only heard of you
# Huggin' up a big monkey man
# Never saw you, I only heard of you
# Huggin' up a big monkey man
# It's your lie, it's your lie
# Huggin' up a big monkey man
# It's your lie, it's your lie
# Huggin' up a big monkey man
# Now I know that, now I understand
# Huggin' up a big monkey man
# Now I know that, now I understand
# Huggin' up a big monkey man
# Ay-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay
# Huggin' up a big monkey man
# Ay-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay
# Huggin' up a big monkey man... #
Rico!
# Ay-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay
# Huggin' up a big monkey man
# Ay-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay
# Huggin' up a big monkey man
# I never saw you, I only heard of you
# Huggin' up a big monkey man
# I never saw you, I only heard of you
# Huggin' up a big monkey man
# It's your lie, it's your lie
# Huggin' up a big monkey man
# It's your lie, it's your lie
# Huggin' up a big monkey man
# Now I know that, now I understand
# Huggin' up a big monkey man
# Now I know that, now I understand
# Huggin' up a big monkey man
# Ay-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay
# Huggin' up a big monkey man
# Ay-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay
# Huggin' up a big monkey man. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# Mmm-hmm-hmm
# Mmm-hmm
# Yeah Mmm-hmm-hmm
# Mmm-hmm
Yeah
# Mmm-hmm-hmm-hmm
# Mmm-hmm
Yeah
# It is you, oh, yeah, yeah
# It is you
# Oh, yeah, yeah
# It is you, oh, yeah
# I say pressure drop
# Oh, pressure
# Oh, yeah Pressure gonna drop on you
# I say pressure drop
# Pressure drop
# Pressure gonna drop on you
# I said when it drops
# Oh, you gonna feel
# How much you was doing wrong
# I say when it drops
# You gonna feel how much you was doing wrong
# Mmm-hmm-hmm
# Mmm-hmm
Yeah
# Mmm-hmm-hmm
# Mmm-hmm
Yeah
# Mmm-hmm-hmm-hmm
# Mmm-hmm
Yeah
# I say pressure drop
# Oh, pressure drop
# Oh, yeah Pressure gonna drop on you
# I say pressure drop, pressure
# Oh, yeah, pressure, pressure
# Pressure, pressure, pressure, pressure
# Pressure gonna drop on you
# I say pressure drop, oh, pressure
# Oh, pressure gonna drop on you... #
SCATTING
# Pressure gonna drop on you
# Everybody say pressure, pressure
# Pressure, pressure
# Pressure gonna drop on you, yeah... #
Here we go!
VOCALISING
# Pressure gonna drop on
VOCALISING
VOCALISING CONTINUES
# I say pressure gonna drop, oh, pressure
# Oh, pressure gonna drop on you
# I say pressure drop, pressure drop
# Pressure, pressure, pressure, pressure
# Pressure, pressure, pressure drop
# Pressure gonna drop on you
# Everybody say pressure
# Pressure
# Say pressure
# Pressure
# Say pressure drop
# Pressure drop
# Pressure, pressure, pressure, pressure drop
# Pressure gonna drop on you
# Oh, no, pressure drop, pressure drop
# Pressure gonna drop on You
# Pressure, pressure
# Pressure gonna drop on you, oh
# I say pressure drop, pressure
# Pressure gonna drop on
# She gonna She gonna
# Oh!
# Pressure! #
CHEERING
# No, no, no
# You don't love me and I know now... #
I pull up my Selecta!
DISCORDANT HORNS
# Pon di endz
# You'd better go tell your friends... #
Now hear this!
# No, no, no
# You don't love me and I know now
# The tunes! The tunes!
# No, no, no
# You don't love me
# Yes, I know now
# Cos you left me, baby
# And I got no place to go now
# The tunes!
# The tu, the tunes... #
VOCALISING
# No, no, no
# I'll do anything you say, boy
# No, no, no
# I'll do anything you say, boy
# And if you asked me
# Ooh, baby
# I'll get on my knees and pray, boy... #
You heard - that's my word.
# If you're ready, I'll be ready for them
# Me name Dawn Penn and you'll know me from when
# I'm Dawn Penn. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# L is for the way you look at me
# O is for the only one that I see
# V is very, very extraordinary
# E is even more than anyone that you adore can
# Love is all that I can give to you
# Love is more than just a game for two
# Two in love can make it
# Take my heart but please don't break it
# Love was made for me and you
# We say, L is for the way you look at me
# O is for the only one that I see
# V is very, very extraordinary
# E is even more than anyone that you adore can
# Love is all that I can give to you
# Love is more than just a game for... #
Fi all of you!
# Two in love can make it
# Take my heart but please don't break it
# Love was made for me and you... #
And fi all of you!
# We say, love was made for me and you... #
Fi all of you!
# Say, love was made for me and you. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
My dear friend, the wonderful Rico Rodriguez, from 2008.
All great music evolves as the music migrates,
young people embrace it and make it their own,
creating a whole new style and genre.
This happened with the reggae and ska music when it inspired
young British artists like Madness, The Selecter
and this next group, The Specials.
# Stop your messing around
# Ah-ah-ah
# Better think of your future
# Ah-ah-ah
# Time you straighten right out Ah-ah-ah
# Creating problems in town
# Ah-ah-ah
# Rudy, a message to you
# Stop your fooling around Ah-ah-ah
# Time you straighten right out Ah-ah-ah
# Better think of your future Ah-ah-ah
# Else you'll wind up in jail
# Ah-ah-ah
# Rudy, a message to you
# Stop your messing around Ah-ah-ah
# Better think of your future Ah-ah-ah
# Time you straighten right out Ah-ah-ah
# Creating problems in town
# Ah-ah-ah
# Rudy, a message to you
# Rudy Oh, it's a message to you
# Rudy Yeah
# A message to you, Rudy
# Whoa, yeah
# A message to you, Rudy
# Oh, yeah
# A message to you, Rudy Oh, yeah
# A message to you, Rudy Hey
# A message to you, Rudy. #
CHEERING
# I bought my baby a red radio
# He played it all day A-go-go, a-go-go
# He liked to dance to it down in the street
# He said he loved me He loved the beat
# But when I switch on I rotate the dial
# I could see it there driving him so wild
# I bought my baby a red radio
# He said he loved me He had to go
# It's just the same old show On my radio
# On my radio, on my radio
# On my radio
# I bought my baby a red radio
# He played it all day A-go-go, a-go-go
# He liked to dance to it down in the streets
# He said he loved me He loved the beat
# It's just the same old show On my radio
# On my radio, on my radio
# On my radio... #
Skanking time!
# It's just the same old show On my radio
# On my radio, on my radio
# On my radio... #
Yeah!
# It's just the same old show on my radio
# It's just the same old show on my radio. #
CHEERING
Yes!
# Buster, he sold the heat
# With a rock-steady beat
# An earthquake is erupting
# But not in Orange Street
# A ghost dance is preparing
# You got to help us with your feet
# Cos if you're not in the mood to dance
# Well, step back, grab yourself a seat
# This may not be uptown Jamaica
# But we promise you a treat
# Well, Buster, bowl me over with your bogus dance
# And shuffle me off my feet
# Even if I kept on running
# I'd never get to Orange Street
# So I said there's nothing left to say
# For the man who set the beat
# And I leave it up to you out there
# To get him back on his feet, yeah
# Yeah... #
Prince Bustamente Campbell.
# Well, Buster, bowl me over with your bogus dance
# And shuffle me off my feet
# Even if I kept on running
# I'd never get to Orange Street
# No! #
1979, Top Of The Pops.
Seven spotty Herberts from north London.
And in the blue corner, weighing in at 250kg
of pure, pure muscle,
it's the sensational, it's the fabulous,
it's Mr Lee Jay "Kix" Thompson!
Stand back, stand back.
God bless Prince Buster.
# Bring back the
# Who is the?
# We want the
# Bring back the prince. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Ow!
# I said oh, yeah, baby # Baby, baby
# Oh, yeah, baby Baby, baby, baby
# So if there's a smile on my face
# Oh, it's only there trying to fool the public
# But when it comes down to fooling you
# Now, honey, that's quite a different subject
# Don't let my glad expression
# Give you the wrong impression
# When really I'm sad So sad
# Oh, I'm sadder than sad So sad
# Oh, and I want you so bad
# So sad Like a clown I appear to be glad
# Ooh, yeah
# Now, there's some sad things known to man
# But ain't too much sadder than
# The tears of a clown
# When there's no-one around
# I said, oh, yeah, baby Baby, baby, baby
# Oh, yeah, baby Baby, baby, baby
# Now if I appear to be care-free
# It's only to camouflage my sadness
# In order to shield my pride I try
# To cover this hurt with a show of gladness
# Don't let my show convince you
# That I've been happy since you
# Decided to go Oh, no
# Oh, I need you so
# Don't go I'm hurt and I want you to know
# Oh, no Just for others I put on a show
# Ooh, yeah
# There's some sad things known to man
# And ain't too much sadder than
# The tears of a clown
# When there's no-one around
# I say oh, yeah
# Just like Pagliacci did Ha, ha
# I try to keep my surface hid
# Grinning in the public eye
# But in my lonely room, I cry
# The tears of a clown Tears of a clown
# When there's no-one around Tears of a clown
# Ah, the tears of a clown Tears of a clown
# Cry the tears of a clown Tears of a clown
# Whoa, baby, baby
# So if there's a smile on my face
# Oh, it...
# Glad expression
# You the wrong impression
# The smile I wear
# Make you think that I don't care
# The tears of a clown Tears of a clown
# Oh, the tears of a clown Tears of a clown
# Ah, the tears of a clown Tears of a clown
Come on! # The tears of a clown
# Tears of a clown
# Ah, the tears of a clown Tears of a clown
# Tears of a clown Tears of a clown
# Ah, the tears of a clown Tears of a clown
Come on!
# The tears of a clown Tears of a clown
# Oh, baby. #
HE SCATS
Oi!
CHEERING
The music of Jamaica is constantly evolving
and continues to introduce wonderful new artists.
Coming up, we have a performance from Chronixx,
but first, here's a special performance that was filmed for us
at the legendary Tuff Gong Studios in Jamaica.
Here's Grammy Award-winning Koffee.
# Ooh, ooh, yeah
# Never give up, no
# Never give up
# Never give in
# Under the pressure, under the pressure, yeah
# Under the pressure, under the pressure
# If yuh poor, trouble tek you
# When yuh rich it nuh settle
# Cuh we all under the pressure my friend
# Sometimes when yuh feel it yuh cry doh
# Hurt yuh heart enuh
# But do no mek it stress yuh
# Cos it haffi fi better
# Nuh haffi live ina the ghetto
# Fi be under the pressure my friend
# Yeah, Lord have mercy this cyan get no worse
# Haffi call it a curse how me heart it a hurt me
# Call it cerosee because from me birth
# A the first me a feel like the Father desert me
# But mmm, all when the pressure erupt
# Me never give up
# No, no, no, me never give in
# Me a send up a prayer fi the better living
# I cya bawl so a better me sing
# And so we
# Under the pressure, under the pressure, yeah
# Under the pressure, under the pressure
# If yuh poor, trouble tek you
# When yuh rich it nuh settle
# Cuh we all under the pressure my
# Sometimes when yuh feel it yuh cry doh
# Hurt yuh heart enuh
# But do no mek it stress yuh
# Cos it haffi fi better
# Nuh live ina the ghetto
# We under the pressure We under the pressure my friend
# Yuh nuh haffi be the one wah beg the old man
# A likkle sumn from him pumpkin farm
# Yeah, eh
# Or the lady weh a hustle in the streets
# Just fi give her baby something warm
# Because yuh pocket coulda deep
# Have a nice pretty vehicle and all kind visa
# So life shoulda sweet yuh
# But I coulda teach yuh
# Hard times woulda reach yuh
# And the storm a nuh something calm
# Because we under the pressure, under the pressure, yeah
# Under the pressure, under the pressure
# If yuh poor, trouble tek you
# When yuh rich it nuh settle
# Cuh we all under the pressure my
# Sometimes when yuh feel it yuh cry doh
# Hurt yuh heart enuh
# But do no mek it stress yuh
# Cos it haffi fi better
# Nuh haffi live ina the ghetto
# We under the pressure my We under the pressure my friend
# It serious Serious
# Lord, times rough and it serious Serious
# Life is a little mysterious
# Have we pot and we can't even stir it up
# Oh, no
# I cyan wait fi morning come
# Oh, gosh, the night too long
# Oh, gosh, the fight too long
# I cyan wait fi see the sun
# Because we
# Under the pressure, under the pressure, yeah
# Under the pressure, under the pressure
# If yuh poor, trouble tek you
# When yuh rich it nuh settle
# Cuh we all under the pressure my
# Sometimes when yuh feel it yuh cry doh
# Yuh hurt yuh heart enuh
# But do no mek it stress yuh
# Cos it haffi fi better Nuh haffi live ina the ghetto
# Fi be under the pressure my Under the pressure my friend
# Under the pressure, under the pressure
# Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
# Sometimes when yuh feel it, cry doh Cry doh
# Hurt yuh heart
# No mek it stress yuh
# Under the pressure. #
CHEERING
# Skankin'
# Groovin'
# Hallelujah, yeah
# Skankin'
# Groovin'
# Could you help me, Jah, Jah?
# Skankin'
# Groovin'
# Under pressure
# Jah Jah know
# Skankin'
# Groovin'
# Yeah, yeah
# Under the pressures of life and it tough
# Nuh stay down, mama, time fi get up
# Nuh bother with the downful style
# Strictly upful vibes
# When the billsdem, the rent and the mortgage due, yeah
# When your best friends are gone and it's only you
# Light up a spliff, turn up the music
# Skankin' sweet
# Everybody wanna feel irie
# Forget your troubles and rock with me
# You nuh feel how reggae music sweet, yeah, yeah
# Skankin' sweet
# Everybody wanna feel irie
# Forget your troubles and rock with me
# You nuh feel how reggae music sweet, yeah, yeah
# Yeah, skankin' sweet
# For every pain there's a melody, yeah
# For every trouble there's a harmony
# That brings everything together
# So make we sing together
# And who say life nuh hard?
# And every man got their struggle
# I begging you help me, Lord
# Yeah
# And let me overcome my trouble
# Skankin' sweet Skankin' sweet
# Everybody wanna feel irie
# Forget your troubles and rock with me
# You nuh feel how reggae music sweet
# Come on, yeah, we skankin' sweet
# Everybody wanna feel Feel irie
# Hey, forget your troubles and rock with me
# You nuh feel how reggae music sweet
# Yeah
# We skankin' til ah morning come, baby
# Until the day when my troubles are gone
# We're groovin' inna Jah Jah name
# We're groovin' all my trouble, troubles away
# Skankin' sweet
# Everybody wanna feel irie
# Forget your troubles and rock with me
# You nuh feel how reggae music sweet, my baby
# Skankin' sweet
# And everybody wanna feel # Feel irie
# Forget your troubles and rock with me
# You nuh feel how reggae music sweet
# You see, you see, you see
# Skankin' sweet
# Everybody wanna feel irie
# Everybody wanna feel
# Forget your troubles and a-rock with me
# Forget your troubles and a-rock a-with me
# Whoa, yeah
# Everybody wanna feel irie Feel irie
# Forget your troubles and rock with me
# You nuh feel how reggae music sweet, yeah, yeah
# Skankin' sweet. #
CHEERING
Thank you so much for joining me.
I hope you've enjoyed this look back
at some of these great artists as much as I have.
I'd like to thank them all and leave you with a song
that has become an anthem for my band and the Hootenanny.
Here is Prince Buster.
# Enjoy yourself
# It's later than you think It's later than you think
# Enjoy yourself
# While you're still in the pink
# Them years go by
# As quickly as you wink
# Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself
# It's later than you think
# Oh!
Ska music-ah, ska music-ah, the music-ah!
Ladies and gentlemen,
boys and girls,
Mr Prince Buster.
# Enjoy yourselves
# It's later than you think
# Enjoy yourself
# While you're still in the pink
# Say them years go by
# As quickly as you wink
# Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself
# It's later than you think
# Enjoy yourself
# It's later than you think
# Enjoy yourself Come on, you all!
# While you're still in the pink
Mr Jools Holland show! # The years go by
# As quickly as you wink
# Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself
# It's later than you think
Oi!
# Enjoy yourself
# It's later than you think
# Enjoy yourself
# While you're still in the pink...
Boys and girls,
ladies and gentlemen,
winter has been banished
and in our very grand end...
..we welcome
what's known as the summertime.
# It's later than you think. #
APPLAUSE
Have a lovely summer!
Thank you all!
CHEERING