Louie Lepkie – Rose Marie

You see, true love is kinda hard to find sometime
So all you got to do is make up your mind before the point in time
Don’t you turn to no crime

Chorus

But Rose Marie, what make you lie to mi?
Say, Rose Marie, what make you lie to mi?
After mi give you true love an’ a bag of money
Rose Marie still lie to mi
Cho, Rose Marie, what make you lie to mi?

Verse 1

She have a ugly baby weh no favor mi
She have a ugly baby weh no favor mi
She a talk ‘bout it favor mi granny
But dat deh jacket cyaan fit mi
Cho little gal, mi said, you really cyaan trick mi
Cah little gal, mi say, you tryin’ to fool mi (A weh mi say?)

Chorus

Rose Marie, what make you lie to mi?
She carry-mi-go at port, a put mi name an’ did no good
She carry-mi-go at port, a put mi name an’ did no good
An’ little after dat she say she have a sore throat
Rose Marie, what make you lie to mi?
Say, Rose Marie, what make you lie to mi?

Verse 2

Mi said, you really cyaan fool mi
Cho little gal, mi say, you really couldn’t trick mi (Cah weh mi say?)
Mi give her true love an’ a bag of money
Rose Marie, you still lie to mi
Cho Rose Marie, you still lie to mi
After mi get her passport, mi get her visa
Mi pay her plane fare an’ make she go a Canada
Not even one love letter
Cho little gal, a just fi make mi feel better
Cah make mi tell you, mi have fi start right over
Cah make mi tell you, say, mi take her fi mi lover (But weh mi say?)

Rose Marie, what make you lie to mi?
Cho Rose Marie, what make you lie to mi?
You ongle preep an’ say you love mi
Jah, right a now, mi said you tryin’ to fool mi
Cho Rose Marie, what make you lie to mi?

Verse 3

She have a ugly baby weh no favor mi
She have a ugly baby weh no favor mi
She a talk ‘bout it favor mi granny
But dat deh jacket cyaan fit mi
Cho little gal, mi say, you really cyaan trick mi

Chorus

Rose Marie, what make you lie to mi?
She carry-mi-go at port, I say, mi name no take no good
She carry-mi-go at port, a so mi name no take no good
She love Sammy Dread an’ so she love Trinity
Rose Marie, what make you lie to mi?
Cho Rose Marie, what make you lie to mi?

Outro

Cho little gal, you cyaan fool mi
Cah make mi tell you ‘bout di wise-wise Louie Lepkie
Cho little gal, you cyaan trick mi (Cho, weh she do?)
Rose Marie, what make you lie to mi?
Cho Rose Marie, what make you lie to mi?