♩ = 88
Timbo, Limbo, Timbo, Limbo, Timbo, Limbo,
Same gal, Lydia, Timbo, Limbo, Timbo Limbo,
Timbo Limbo, Timbo Limbo. Same gal, Lydia. Timbo Limbo.
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Timbo Limbo.
A slight variation which sometimes appeared in the third measure, but without regularity was: [[90]]
An’ de little child do see de Jack-fish dat were helping up Lydia, an’ went back home an’ tell him mamma, “Mamma, me sister Lydia do have a man-fish at de ribber-side fe help him up.” At night when de man come from work, him wife said to him dat Lydia have a big Jack-fish fo help him up at ribber-side. So de man tell him wife, “When daylight a mo’ning, you mus’ get Lydia ready an’ sen’ him on to Montego Bay an’ buy black pepper an’ skelion.” In de mo’ning, mudder-in-law call de girl fe sen’ him on to de Bay. Lydia start crying, for Lydia mistrus’ dat is somet’ing dey gwine do in de day. When him gone, de fader load him gun an’ him call de little girl fe dem go to de ribber-side. De little girl gwine sing, sing t’ree time, change him voice,—
“Timbo Limbo,
Same gal Lydia,
Timbo Limbo o-o-o!”