Gun Shot A Cry

Lyrics

[Intro] (Scatting) The sounds of a gunshot jus' a cry (Scatting) The sounds of a gunshot jus' a cry [Verse 1] In an island called Jamaica Rode a rankin' one fine day Hardly spoke to folks around Didn't have too much to say [Chorus] (Scatting) The sounds of a gunshot jus' a cry (Scatting) The sounds of a gunshot jus' a cry [Verse 2] He came ridin' from the south side Slowly lookin' all around Three wise guys tried to take him But they lay dead on the ground [Chorus] (Scatting) The sounds of a gunshot jus' a cry [Verse 3] In the other side of town There's a rankin' named Billy Bow He's also a top rankin' But in the country raisin' cow [Chorus] (Scatting) The sounds of a gunshot jus' a cry [Chorus] (Scatting) The sounds of a gunshot jus' a cry [Verse 4] The mornin' passed so quickly It was time for them to meet It was twenty past eleven When they walk out in the street People peepin' through them window Some of them a hold them breath For, them think this other rankin' was about to meet him death [Chorus] (Scatting) The sounds of a gunshot jus' a cry [Verse 5] It was forty feet between them When they stopped to make them play For the swiftness of the rankin' is still talk about today Billy Bow might went on livin' But made a foolish slip Him couldn't match the rankin' with a big iron on his hip [Chorus] (Scatting) The sounds of a gunshot jus' a cry [Outro] It was over in a moment And the folk had gather round