Hill an Gully Rider
"Hill an Gully Rider" is a call and response song. After every line the response is "Hill an' Gully". The lines of each verse can be sung in many different orders so we just present each line on its own. Generally, after every 2 lines (not including the response), you sing the chorus.
Hill an Gully Rider
Hill and Gully Rider
Folk Song
Folk Song
(Jamaican Creole)
(English)
(Chorus)
Hill an gully rider
(Hill an gully)
Hill an gully rider
(Hill an gully)
An yu ben down low down
(Hill an gully)
An ah low down to de ground
(Hill an gully)
An ah go down to de ground
(Hill an gully)
An then yu dance right round now
(Hill an gully)
An yu better mind yu tumble down
(Hill an gully)
An yu tumble down yu bruk yu neck
(Hill an gully)
(Chorus)
Hill and gully rider
(Hill and gully)
Hill and gully rider
(Hill and gully)
And you bend down, low down
(Hill and gully)
And I'm low down to the ground
(Hill and gully)
And I go down to the ground
(Hill and gully)
And then you dance right round now
(Hill and gully)
And you better mind, you tumble down
(Hill and gully)
And you tumble down, you break your neck
(Hill and gully)
Notes
Alternate Version: (Hear on 3rd YouTube.)
(Chorus)
Hill and Gully Rider
(Hill an' gully)
Hill and Gully Rider
(Hill an' gully)
I took my horse an' comin' down,
(Hill an' gully)
But my horse done stumble down
(Hill an' gully)
An' the nighttime tumble down
(Hill an' gully)
Oh the moon shone bright down,
(Hill an' gully)
Ain't no place to hide in down,
(Hill an' gully)
An' a zombie come a ridin' down
(Hill an' gully)
Oh, my knees they shake down
(Hill an' gully)
An' my heart starts quakin' down
(Hill an' gully)
An' I run 'til daylight breakin' down.
(Hill an' gully)
Well that's the last I sat down,
(Hill an' gully)
I pray the Lord don' let me down.
(Hill an' gully)
Ain't nobody goin' to get me down.
(Hill an' gully)
Thanks!
Thanks!
Thanks!
