Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post showcases the October 2009 Jamaican Dancehall song "Skip To My Lou" by Serani, featuring Ding Dong.
A sound file of this song is included in this post along with the song's lyrics and selected comments from the discussion thread of its YouTube sound file. Brief explanatory notes are given for vernacular terms and phrases that are used in some of these comments.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Serani and Ding Dong for recording this song. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this sound file on YouTube.
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SHOWCASE SOUND FILE: Skip to My Lou - Serani Feat. Ding Dong & Biggy
BabiiGyal4lyfe, Published on May 5, 2010
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Release Date: October 9, 2009
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LYRICS: SKIP TO MY LOU
[Intro: Raz & Biggy, Serani, & Ding Dong]
I'm talking about New York City!
Miami, Toronto!
Yo, L.A., California!
All my Jamaican people!
We're skipping!
t's-It's Serani
Wow na-na, na-na, now (Ravers Clavers)
Wow na-na, na-na, now, yeah
(Daseca) Now, yeah
A Ding Dong
New York City!
[Chorus: Serani]
It's dancing, it's moving, it's electric
Little kids, hot girls request this
Come on now, everybody catch this
DJ, select this
Skip to my Lou
Oh wow
Skip to my Lou
Yeah aye
Skip to my Louuuuu
Skip to my Lou
Hey ya
Ayee
We're dancing from evening 'til sunrise
This dance is so nice
Glide left, slide right
And just do it
Skip to my Lou
Oh wow
Skip to my Lou
Yeah aye
Skip to my Louuuuu
Skip to my Lou
Hey ya
Ayee
[Verse 1: Ding Dong]
Guess who's here?!
The dancing prince just appeared
The baddest thing around, go ask Chicken And Beer
I swear, drink, get drunk and don't care
And you Skip To my Lou with your hand inna di air
G Whizz, this a go pon every dancehall mix
Who soon catch the step? Nuh the great Jack Rabbit
So cool, everybody join the dancing school
Ding Dong, Ravers, have the dance do
[Chorus: Serani]
It's dancing, it's moving, it's electric
Little kids, hot girls request this
Come on now, everybody catch this
DJ, select this
Skip to my Lou
Oh wow
Skip to my Lou
Yeah aye
Skip to my Louuuuu
Skip to my Lou
Hey ya
Ayee
We're dancing from evening 'til sunrise
This dance is so nice
Glide left, slide right
And just do it
Skip to my Lou
Oh wow
Skip to my Lou
Yeah aye
Skip to my Louuuuu
Skip to my Lou
Hey ya
Ayee
[Verse 2: Ding Dong]
It nuh hard, da one yah easy fi catch
Swing left to right, but don't lose your step
Dance off your shoes and buy a new crepe
Watch Aneisha a try, but she nuh have it yet!
[Musical Interlude]
I'm talking about London, Dubai!
Yo, Costa Rica, Johannesburg!
Australia!
Yo....Beijing stand up!
This is dancing!
[Chorus (2x): Serani]
It's dancing, it's moving, it's electric
Little kids, hot girls request this
Come on now, everybody catch this
DJ, select this
Skip to my Lou
Oh wow
Skip to my Lou
Yeah aye
Skip to my Louuuuu
Skip to my Lou
Hey ya
Ayee
We're dancing from evening 'til sunrise
This dance is so nice
Glide left, slide right
And just do it
Skip to my Lou
Oh wow
Skip to my Lou
Yeah aye
Skip to my Louuuuu
Skip to my Lou
Hey ya
Ayee
[Outro: Raz & Biggy]
I'm talking about Sydney, Austalia!
What about Japan?!
Yo, Johannesburg stand up!
Dubai, London!
Yo, Berlin!
I'm talking about Israel!
I'm talking about Paris!
I'm talking about Toronto!
I'm talking about Montreal!
I'm talking about Quebec!
Yo, I'm talking about Jamaica!
What about Trinidad?!
Yo, What's up Guyana?!
What's up Brasil?!
All over the world!
It's skipping!
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Source: https://genius.com/Serani-skip-to-my-lou-lyrics
Notice that the lyrics for this song includes a form of the nation signing in custom that is found in a number of discussion threads for YouTube music videos/sound files. The singer calls out the names of various nations/cities and commands them to "skip [to my Lou]". Click the "nation signing in comments" tag below to find pancocojams posts about this custom.
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SELECTED COMMENTS
Here are some comments from this sound file's discussion thread, with numbers added for referencing purposes only (with special attention to vernacular language usage. Some of these comments are given with brief explanations.)
1. rissy smith, 2010
"chuneeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
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"Chune" is a Caribbean Patois way of saying "tune". The word chune" here means that the person really likes this song.
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2. Jessica Samuels, 2010
"omg, dey kept playin dis at da hotel i went to in jamaica TUUUUNNNNNNNNNNEEEE"
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3. goodgrl4eva1, 2011
"Trini to the bone <3"
Now skipp!!!!!
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"Trini" [from Trinidad & Tobago]
"Trini to the bone" = Trinidadian through and through (completely/authentically Trinidadian in every way]
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4. Draya Nina, 2011
"*standing up* lls. ILovee Yhue Guyana <3!!"
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5. 13Teenspirit, 2012
This back memories from my dad's backyard when I was seven during summer barbecues with all the great people there, this song playing..like eighty times and all the great times with my friends there."
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6. Eric Hadley, 2012
"goes innnnnnnn"
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"[This song really] goes in (is really very good.)
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7. Jkisser1, 2012
"Reppin Guyana All The Way ♥ :D"
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"reppin" = representing
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8. Zeanna, 2012
"i love it !!♥☆★♡"
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9. Shania Smalls
"me to trinidad in da building lol"
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"I'm here representing Trinidad".
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10. Damani Legister, 2018
"Nothin like classix"
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11. Zdawgeveryday, 2019
"Song still bumps in 2019🇬🇾"
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This song is still rocks in 2019. (It is still considered a hot [really good] song.)
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