Mango Time

Mango time, mango time
Yes, the temperature gettin' hot
Mango time, mango time
And poor people tun dung dem pot
In every cranny, every nook
The people dem done with shop
'Cause they don't have to cook
'Cause mango arrive and drop

Yes, the fellas push the carts all day
And hear dem holla "Mango dem!"
They got Beefy, Turpentine,
Bambay and Number Eleven (mango dem)
Kidney, Hairys, and Julie and
Graham, Butter and Black mango
Robin, Hamilton, East Indian
All different kind of mango

I tell your friends you can bet
When the season just begin
The first one that you get
You eat down to the very skin
But, see ah when it nuff
Everybody ah pick and choose
Dem nah buy from Ms. Cuff
Because fi har mango bruise

So the fellas push the carts all day
And hear dem holla "Mango dem!"
They got Beefy, Turpentine,
Bambay and Number Eleven (mango dem)
Kidney, Hairys, and Julie and
Graham, Butter and Black mango
Robin, Hamilton, East Indian
All different kind of mango

Mango time, mango time
Everyone is wearing a smile
And they don't give a lime
For dem belly full all the while
From Morant Point to Negril
Everybody is feeling well
That some staying and eat their fill
While others ah walk and sell

Yes, the fellas push the carts all day
And hear dem holla "Mango dem!"
They got Beefy, Turpentine,
Bambay and Number Eleven (mango dem)
Kidney, Hairys, and Julie and
Graham, Butter and Black mango
Robin, Hamilton, East Indian
All different kind of mango