Abdel Wright - Paul Bogle lyrics

Sit with me awhile

Let me tell you about a part of our country

At the place Stony Gut back in 1865

Lived a man Paul Bogle who was everything

a good man should be

But they hanged him by the courthouse

An example for Jamaica to see

They hanged him by the courthouse

An example for Jamaica to see.

A man who followed Jesus

And whose actions were in line with his teachings

Who every Sunday morning

The gospel would endeavour to preach

Who understood the suffering of the people

He plainly could feel

But they hanged him by the courthouse

An example for Jamaica to see

They hanged him by the courthouse

An example for Jamaica to see.

With the men from Stony Gut

Paul Bogle did come down that day

|Through the bushes by the hills

Until they reached the town of Morant Bay

The reasons for his warnings and his actions

they could not believe

So they hanged him by the courthouse

An example for Jamaica to see

They hanged him by the courthouse

An example for Jamaica to see.

That was like yesterday, Still happening today

History use to tell us That Paul Bogle was really a traitor

Who murdered and rebelled

Against the peaceful government of the day

Now we can see clearly

And we finally know the reasons indeed

Why they hanged him by the courthouse

An example for Jamaica to see

They hanged him by the courthouse

An example for Jamaica to see.

That was like yesterday, Still happening today

Unu remember Michael Gayle, Braeton 7,

Nuff youth from Tivoli, August Town, Rema and Jungle.

Do you remember? Oh yeah

Like yesterday things are happening just the same today

Many get slain, I think it's insane It happens on and on