Jamaican song and story Papyras Classics

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Chapter 224

CLXXVI. Schottische

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Jimmy Rampy a come oh, Sal oh!
Jimmy Rampy a come oh, Sal oh!
Some a wash him foot, some a comb him hair,
Some a put him to bed, put him to bed oh, Sal oh!
Jimmy Rampy a come oh! Sal oh!
Jimmy Rampy a come oh, Sal oh!
Some a wash him foot, some a comb him hair,
Some a put him to bed, put him to bed oh, Sal oh!

"Sal oh!" is perhaps a corruption of Salut. Tradition associates a curtsey with the word.