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Hot In The Sugarcane Field

Johnny Horton
Track 22 on 1956-1960 
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Hot In The Sugarcane Field Lyrics

Way down in Trinidad the country
That's where the sugarcane she grow high
The boss he come and he say to me Johnny, say
"What's the reason you cry?" say

I want a my baby, I want her
Since she gone a I want her
Hear my baby she not, and no love in the got
Oh it's hot in the sugarcane field. (In the sugarcane field)

She did her dance in Jamaica
Where the sugarcane she grow high
A to the city she come
Now she make a much mon
For dance for thе cafe society

I want a my baby, I want her
Sincе she gone a I want her
Hear my baby she not, and no love in the got
Oh it's hot in the sugarcane field. (In the sugarcane field)

I catch a big boat tomorrow
I come from the sugarcane high
When the big boss he pay me
He go get my baby who
Hot in the sugarcane field
I want a my baby, I want her
Since she gone a I want her
Hear my baby she not, and no love in the got
Oh it's hot in the sugarcane
Hot in the sugarcane
Hot in the sugarcane field

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This song is told in first person, and the man singing the song is most likely a sugar cane harvester living in Trinidad and Tobago, most likely the Island of Trinidad, as when referring to the country he just calls it “Trinidad”. He recounts how he misses his significant other, who is currently working in Jamaica as a dancer. He also says how he is soon to catch a boat to Jamaica to see her again, all while repeating that it’s hot in the sugar cane field. It is unsure if the man telling the story is paid or a slave.

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Released in
1958
Tags
Country
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