Tree Fall Down

COUNTRY: Anguilla

LANGUAGE: English

Found on the Alan Lomax recording, Caribbean Voyage: Caribbean Sampler, this song hints at the Caribbean proverb, “Big tree fall down, goat bite he leaf”,” which means “When a great man falls, he is no longer feared and respected.” For more Caribbean proverbs, visit this forum on Islandmix.com.

Lyrics of All Around This World version:

Molly climb up the mango tree

Oh tree fall down

Molly climb up the mango tree

Oh tree fall down

So high up in the mango tree

Oh tree fall down

Too high up in the mango tree

Whooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Tree fall down!