Come on everybody stand up let us move your feet and
Dance to that beat
Once upon a time it happened in Jamaica 40 years ago

When Carolina was a little girl
Sound systems, dance halls, nutty sounds and lucky girls
Let's boogie to the guns of Al Capone

You will !@$# around, when you hear this nutty sound
Jamaica brought it to the whole wide world


All this great musicians created this sound
They played it with mood and with swing, they made it
Their very own thing

Ska music came to live Rocksteady through Jamaican nights
We danced along until the morning light
When Carolina was a little girl you heard it all over

Shanty town