Joshua Gone Barbados lyrics

[Verse 1]
Cane standing in the fields
Getting old and red
Lot of misery in Georgetown
Three men laying dead

[Verse 2]
Joshua, head of the government
He said, "Strike for better pay"
Cane cutters are striking
But Joshua gone away

[Chorus]
Joshua gone Barbados
Staying in the big hotel
People on St. Vincent
Got many sad tales to tell

[Verse 3]
The sugar mill owner told the strikers
"I don't need you to cut my cane
Bring me another bunch of fellas
Your strike be all in vain"

[Verse 4]
Get a bunch of tough fellas
Bring 'em from Zion Hill
Bring 'em in a bus to Georgetown
Know somebody get killed
[Verse 5]
Sonny Child the overseer
I swear he's an ignorant man
Walking through the cane fields
Pistol in his hand

[Chorus]
Joshua gone Barbados
Just like he don't know
People on the island
Got no place to go

[Verse 6]
Police giving protection
New fellas cutting the cane
Strikers can't do nothing
Strike be all in vain

[Verse 7]
Sonny Child cussed the strikers
Wave his pistol around
They're beating Sonny with the cutlass
Beat him to the ground

[Verse 8]
There's a lot of misery in Georgetown
You can hear all the women bawl
Joshua gone Barbados
He don't care at all
[Verse 9]
Cane standing in the fields
Getting old and red
Sonny Child in the hospital
Pistol on his bed

[Verse 10]
I wish I could go to England
Trinidad or Curacao
People on the island
Got no place to go

[Chorus]
Joshua gone Barbados
Staying in a big hotel
People on St. Vincent
Got many sad tales to tell