Joshua gone Barbados
Cane standin´ in the fields gettin´ old and red
Lot of misery in Georgetown dreamin´ layin´ dead
Joshua head of the government he said strike for better pay

Cane cutters are strikin´ but Joshua gone away
Joshua gone Barbados staying in a big hotel
People on St Vincent got many sad tales to tell
The sugar mill owner told the strikers I don´t need you to cut my cane
Bring me another bunch of fellas your strike be all in vain
Get a bunch of tough fellas bring ´em from Zion Hill
Bring ´em in a bus to Georgetown know somebody could kill
Sunny Child the overseer I swear he´s an ignorant man
Walkin´ the the canefields pistol in his hand
Joshua gone Barbados just like he don´t know people on the island got no place to go
Police givin´ protection new fellas cuttin´ the cane

Strikers can´t do nothin´ strike be all in vain
Sunny Child cussed the strikers wave his pistol round
They´re beatin´ Sunny with the cutlers beat him to the ground
There´s a lot of misery in Georgetown you can hear all the women bawl
Joshua gone Barbados he don´t care at all
Cane standin´ in the fields gettin´ old and red
Sunny Child in the hospital pistol on his bed
I wish I could go to England Trinidad or Curacao
People on the island got no place to go
Joshua gone Barbados stayin´ in a big hotel
People on St Vincent got many sad tales to tell