Johnny Clarke - Them Never Love Poor Marcus

Bag O' Wire and Mother Muschett sold Marcus Garvey
Bag O' Wire and Mother Muschett sold Marcus Garvey

Them never love, never love, never love poor Marcus
Them never love, never love, never love poor Marcus

Him own brethren sell him fe rice 'n' peas
(Them give weh, them give weh, them give weh fi rice 'n' peas)
Them give weh, like how Judas give weh Christ
And they didn't know, there'd be times like this
And now the human race, in such a squeeze
Men like Bag O' Wire, should be burn in fire, fire
And woman like Mother Muschett, should be stoned like Jezebel

Them never love, never love, never love poor Marcus
Them give weh, them give weh, them give weh fi rice 'n' peas

It was ?? Bag O' Wire who gave away Garvey
And that's why they unaware around ??

Them never love, never love, never love poor Marcus
Them give weh, them give weh, them give weh fi rice 'n' peas

Bag O' Wire and Mother Muschett sold Marcus Garvey
(Them give weh, them give weh, them give weh fi rice 'n' peas)
Bag O' Wire and Mother Muschett sold Marcus Garvey
(Them give weh, them give weh, them give weh fi rice 'n' peas)

Men like Bag O' Wire, should be burn in fire, fire
And woman like Mother Muschett, should be stoned like Jezebel

Them never love, never love, never love poor Marcus
Them give weh, them give weh, them give weh fi rice 'n' peas

Mother Muschett and Bag O' Wire end up living nowhere
Bag O' Wire closed ?? like the stars in the sky

Them never love, never love, never love poor Marcus
Them give weh, them give weh, them give weh fi rice 'n' peas
Poor Marcus Garvey!
Them never love, never love, never love poor Marcus
Poor Marcus Garvey!
Them give weh, them give weh, them give weh fi rice 'n' peas

Note:

This song is a cover released in 1976.
The original was by Mighty Diamonds and was also released in 1976.


Bag O'Wire is a mythological character.
In legend, he was Marcus Garvey's driver, who was responsible for betraying Garvey to the authorities and then taking off ('he's nowhere to be found').

Mother Muschett was supposedly Marcus Garvey's secretary.

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