[Intro] [Staggered tribal percussion, lopsided drunk swing] [Verse 1] White rum spill on de root of de cotton tree (Loa rise up, let de blind man see) I smell de sulphur, I feel de cold draft (Duppy inna de corner, hear de spirit laugh) De floorboard a-rot, de window a-rattle (Ancestors a-come, ready fi de battle) [Verse 2] Salt 'pon de doorstep, chalk 'pon de floor (But de Jumbie already inside de door) Rolling Calf a-chain, hear de iron drag (Spirit inna bottle, spirit inna bag) Old Higue a-fly, skin lef' behind (Ancestors a-search, what dem gwine find?) [Chorus] Jumbie walkin' sideways, shadow 'pon de wall (Answer de blood, answer de call) One foot heavy, de next one light (Stagger through de graveyard inna middle-night) [Verse 3] De candle flicker blue, de room turn cold (Secrets of de dead, never to be told) Seven times I call, seven times dem groan (Spirit claim de marrow, spirit claim de bone) Smoke inna de air, thick like a shroud (De ancestors a-whisper, de silence too loud) [Verse 4] Spider web thick 'pon de beam overhead (Talk to de livin', talk to de dead) Shadow a-stretch inna de flicker of de fire (Pullin' de strings like a spirit wire) Blood inna de basin, oil inna de jar (Ancestors a-travel from very, very far) [Bridge] Papa Legba, turn de iron key Open de gate, set de spirit free (Open de gate, set de spirit free) De rhythm a-break, de heart a-thump (Spirit inna head, make de body jump) [Verse 5] Who dat a-whisper? Who dat a-creep? (Duppy never close eye, Duppy never sleep) De house haunted deep, de wood turn to dust (Inna de ancient ways, we haffi place we trust) Darkness a-swallow de wick of de lamp (De air feel heavy, de air feel damp) [Chorus] Jumbie walkin' sideways, shadow 'pon de wall (Answer de blood, answer de call) One foot heavy, de next one light (Stagger through de graveyard inna middle-night) [Outro] Loa come down, Loa come low (Spirit never sleep, spirit never die) Stagger inna dark, nowhere fi go (De gate open wide, de gate open wide) (De gate open wide...) [End]
