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!



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