Never Get Weary Yet

The Maytals, known from 1972 to 2020 as Toots and the Maytals, are a Jamaican musical group, one of the best known ska and rocksteady vocal groups. The Maytals were formed in the early 1960s and were key figures in popularizing reggae music. Frontman Toots Hibbert, who died in 2020, was considered a reggae pioneer on par with Bob Marley. His soulful vocal style was compared to Otis Redding, and led him to be named by Rolling Stone as one of the 100 Greatest Singers. After Hibbert's death, the Maytals indicated that they would continue as a working group.Their 1968 single "Do the Reggay" was the first song to use the word "reggae", coining the name of the genre and introducing it to a global audience. The Oxford English Dictionary credits Toots and the Maytals… more »

Year:: 1982
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I was down in the valley for a very long time
and I never get weary yet
I was down in the valley for a very long time
and I never get weary yet
I was born and raised in a little old shack with my poor family
I was born and raised in a little old shack with my poor family,
with my poor family...

[Chorus] 
I was born before Christopher Columbus, yeah
And I was born before the Arawak Indians
(Trying) creation, before this Nation
I always remember, I can't forget.. wowowow

I was walking on the shore when they took me on the ship
and they throw me overboard
and I swung right out of the belly of the whale
and I never get weary yet
They put me in jail and I did not do no wrong
and I never get weary yet
Say they put me in jail and I didn't get no bail
and I never get weary yet,
never get weary yet...

[Chorus]

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Written by: FREDERICK HIBBERT

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