Wha wrong wid Mary dry-foot bwoy? Dem gal got him fi mock, An when me meet him tarra night. De bwoy gi me a shock! Me tell him seh him auntie and. Him cousin dem sen howdy An ask him how him getting awn. Him seh, 'Oh, jolley, jolley'

Me start fi feel so sorry fi de po bad-lucky soul, Me tink him come a foreign lan. Come ketch bad foreign cole! Me tink him got a bad sore-troat, But as him chat-chat gwan. Me fine out seh is foreign twang De bwoy wasa put awn! For me notice dat him answer, To nearly all me seh. Was 'Actually' , 'What', Oh deah!' An all dem sinting deh. Me gi a joker de gal dem laugh; But hear de bwoy, 'Haw-haw! I'm sure you got that bally-dash Out of the cinema!' Same time me laas me temper, an Me holler, 'Bwoy, kirout! No chat to me wid no hot pittata eena yuh mout!' Him tan up like him stunted, den Hear him no, 'How siiley! I don't think that I really understand you, actually,' Me seh, 'Yuh understan me, yaw! No yuh name Cudjoe Scoop? Always visit Nanna kitchen an Gi laugh fi gungoo soup!

'An now all yuh can seh is "actually"? Bwoy, but tap! Wha happen to dem sweet Jamaica joke yuh use fi pop? Him get bex and walk tru de door, Him head eena de air; De gal-dem bawl out affa him, 'Not going? What! Oh deah!' An from dat night tll tedeh, mah Dem all got him fi mock. Miss Mary dry-foot bwoy! Cyaan get over de shock!