Why The Jamaican Dancehall Song "Murder She Wrote" Is Called "Mama Shiroo" & Similar Sounding Names In Kenya, East Africa

culturaroots, Nov 2, 2007
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Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest update- Feb. 13, 2024

This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series about Chaka Demus & Pliers' 1992 Jamaican Dancehall song "Murder She Wrote". 

This post showcases the same YouTube video of Chaka Demus & Pleirs' 1992 Jamaican Dancehall song "Murder She Wrote".that was showcased in Part I of this series.

This post also provides a definition of the linguistic term "folk processing" as an explanation for why some Kenyans and some other Africans refer to the Jamaican Dancehall song "Murder She Wrote" as "Mama Shiro" or other similar titles.

This post also presents some information about the Kenyan song entitled "Mama Ciru".

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2024/02/chaka-demus-pliers-jamaican-dancehall.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. That post presents showcases a YouTube video of Chaka Demus & Pliers' 1992 Jamaican Dancehall song "Murder She Wrote". This post also presents a brief excerpt from this song's Wikipedia page.

That pancocojams post also provides a compilation of some comments from that video's discussion thread in which the commenters mention the name of their country or are replies to those comments. These comments were published in 2016-2024 (as of the date of the publication of this pancocojams post)*.
 
*After uploading numerous pages of comments from this video's discussion thread, my computer wouldn't upload any additional pages. It's likely that numerous comments that fit this sub-set of comments are featured in those pages that I wasn't able to upload. 

The content of this post is presented for historical, socio-cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

These comments document that many people throughout the world have been aware of and have had an appreciation for Chaka Demus & Pliers' Dancehall song "Murder She Wrote" since that record's was first released.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Chaka Demus & Pleirs for their musical legacy. Thanks to Sly & Robbie for creating the bam bam riddem (beat) of this song that was/is also used for some other Dancehall songs. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of this video on YouTube.

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PARTIAL LYRICS FOR "MURDER SHE WROTE" (Original Mix)
(as sung by Chaka Demus & Pleirs"

I know this little girl
Her name is maxine
Her beauty is
Like a bunch of rose
If I ever tell you 'bout maxine
You would a say
I don't know what I know
(But)

Murder she wrote
(Fi real fi real)
Murder she wrote
Murder she wrote
Murder she wrote

Watch ya now, it name
A pretty face and bad character
Dem the kinda livin
Can't hold Chaka (Follow me)
A pretty face
And bad character
Dem the kinda livin'
Can't hold Chaka
Seh gal yuh pretty
Yuh face it pretty
But yuh character dirty
Gal yuh just act too flirty flirty
Yuh run to Tom, Dick
An' also Harry
An when yuh find yuh mistake
Yuh talk bout yuh sorry
Sorry, sorry (Come now)"...
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Click https://genius.com/Chaka-demus-and-pliers-murder-she-wrote-original-mix-lyrics for the complete lyrics for this song.

Pancocojams Editor's note: "Tom", "Dick", and "Harry" used to be very common nicknames for males in the English language. The phrase "Tom, Dick, and Harry" mean "any man" or "a number of men chosen at random."   

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A BRIEF EXPLANATION ABOUT THE FOLK PROCESS IN SONGS AND RHYMES
The definition of "folk processing" that I'm using in this post is "the unintentional changing of a word or words to a song because of mishearing or misremembering." Folk processing also occurs when an unfamiliar word or words is mistaken for or unintentionally replaced by a familiar word or words that sound the same or sound similarly. This replacement of unfamiliar words/words with familar words/words is done so that the song/rhyme makes sense (or makes more sense) to the  person singing, chanting, or reading it.  
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Based on my online reading, It appears that when people in some African nations, but particularly in Kenya, East Africa, sang the Jamaican Dancehall song "Murder She Wrote" it was quite common to sing the words "Mama Shiro" or similarly sounding words for the unfamiliar English words " murder she wrote". 

As noted above, folk processing may occur when people mishear a word or words and replace those words or unfamiliar word or words in a song or a rhyme with a word, words, or a sound that they are familiar with.

In the last comment that I quoted from the discussion thread of the embedded "Murder She Wrote" video (found immediately below), a commenter wrote "we use to sing [Mama Shiroo] the same in Kenya. We had girls name shiro ( short form of wanjiru) and they would be pissed off. "

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THE KENYAN SONG "MAMA CIRU" ("MAMA CHIRU") 
My curiousity about the name "Mama Shiroo" in Kenya led me to some YouTube music videos of the Kikuyu song (or songs?) entitled "Mama Ciru" or "Mama Chiru". Here's a link to one of those videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0186CyHZsnI Mama Ciru John Ndichu,  Jan 27, 2011. Some commenters in that video's discussion thread referred to that song as a classic and one commenter @michaelgichia2048 wrote in 2019 that "This song was such a hit that people in salaam clubs adopted  the name mama chiru. Same with some businesses".

In 2023 another commenter @edwingikura shared this explanation for that song: "It's about a man who says that he loved his wife very much, but after 10 years  or so she changed like a snake she even started seeing other men and on  one or two occasions he was almost attacked by the men she was with in a bar.

He then says that he's friends told him that even if he loves her more then money he has to move on."
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That storyline for "Mama Ciru" is quite similar to the lyrics for the Jamaican Dancehall song 'murder She Wrote", but I don't think that the tunes and tempos for those two songs are the same or even similar. 

Here's information about the song "Mama Ciru" from an article about the death of  Kenyan singer/composer Mûrîithi John Walker  https://debunk.media/muriithi-john-walker-an-obituary-in-seven-songs/ "Mûrîithi John Walker: An Obituary In Seven Songs by Ras Menge Sham Feb, 8, 2023
..."I had never heard this song before this performance. Kîrîro kîa Mama Cirû is a fun genre-bending song that invites the listener to let go and let loose. Come, let’s play. Let’s do it as we listen to Mama Cirû’s lamentations, is the song’s request. The question I had earlier comes back and presents itself differently: Does it matter to Mugithi musicians what the song they are singing is about?

Kîrîro kîa Mama Cirû samples Murder She Wrote by Chaka Demus and Pliers. When we were children we misheard ‘Murder She Wrote’ as ‘Mama Ciru’. I think this is what Mûrîithi John Walker wants to do with the song, to take us back to that place of invention, that place, like that of childhood, where a world can be created. The song, as different as it sounds with its punchy riffs and rolling bass guitar, still sounds like Mugithi, and still looks like the man on stage. There is the serious foundational Kikuyu pop sound, brown, loose, and ever present like his suit. And then there is the experimental stuff, the turtleneck and the silver chain that says I’m here to play, to mess around and find out."
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Please share any memories or information that you have about this Kenyan song entitled "Mama Ciru" in the comment section below. Thanks!

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SELECTED COMMENTS ABOUT THE USE OF THE WORDS "MAMA SHIRO" INSTEAD OF "MURDER SHE WROTE" IN THAT JAMAICAN DANCEHALL SONG

From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-av7F1JBmj4 [This is the video that is embedded above]

These are only some of the comments in that discussion thread that refer to singing "Mama Shiro" instead of "Murder She Wrote". 

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1.@kmuturi238
"Kenyans who grew up singing "Murder Shiro" and "Mama Shiro" let's gather here😂😂😂🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪💙
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This comment had 1.6 likes and 110 replies (as of Feb. 11, 2024 at 10:02 PM EDT)

Unless otherwise noted, the non-English words given below are in Swahili. Their Swahili meaning is given below the comment (from Google translate from Swahili to English.) Additions and corrections are welcome.

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2. @alexwambua4492
"Mama Shiro😂"

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3. @kmuturi238
"😂😂Mimi nilikuwa nasikia "murder Shiro"
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"I was hearing "murder Shiro"

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4. hiroo... Mama shiroooo

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5. @alexsirzlopez3204
"Tuko ndani mama shiro tuko ndani"
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"We are in, mother shiro, we are in"

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6. @flostar3790
"😋😋"

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7. @jamesmtaita6120
"Anaitwa Chuck Odemus ni mjaluo wa Jamaica.."
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"His name is Chuck Odemus, he is from Jamaica"

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8. @ThatguyJoshman
"Tuko hapa nyuma ya tent😂"
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"We are here behind the tent😂"

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9. @petesnow2484
"I'm nigerian..... but lol. that was funny"

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10. @adilmohamed1784
"but I'm not the only one who grew up with this mother shiro umwakinHahaha mother shiro we thought it was a mother from kiambu"
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"Kiambu" is a town in Kenya, East Africa.

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11. @soniemaina
"Guilty as charged 😂😂😂😂"

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12. @everydayapps7225
"Wakenya hamkosangi kila mahali.🔥 Wooho 🔥
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"Kenyans are everywhere"

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13. @nukonuko1184
"We never knew she wrote 😂😂😂"

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14. @rusticpoet
"hahahahaha! I remember everyone going wild when that part came on! Murder shiro, murder shiro!

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15. @nickie2483
"😭😭😭😭😭"

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16. @aajabbinmagosh5509
"Madam shiro"

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17.@muufenty774
"Tuko wengi😅😅"
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"We are many".

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18. @gracesherry2964
"😂😂😂😂😂here i am"

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19. @kenyanswiss
"Matha shiro"

 
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20. @imaniimani3709
"🤣😅🤣😅🤣😅 lol wacha tu but  it flowed though"
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"wacha tu" = "just let it go"

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21. @alyfepoisonbunny2716
"I grew up with this song 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹"
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"TT"= Trinidad and Tobago (a Caribbean nation)

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22. @lucielucie9646
"I still do. Sounds better that way 😂😂😂"

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23. @TheEdnablue
"Tupo hapa 🤣"
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"We are here"

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24. @kendrickswife
"Straight uppppp!!!!!!!😂😂"

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25.@shiikamau403
"we r in which.tent😂😂"

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26.@bobkipkoech
"😂😂😂Great seeing my fellow Kenyans hapa"
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"hapa" = "here"

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27. @chaavinabbey9546
"Bruh, er'body sang it like that... 💥🔥 We Go"

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28.@carolinewambui9506
"Bado ni mama shiro😂😂
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"It still is mama shiro"

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27. @brian_mwangi
"mada shiro :-)"

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28. @adimwangi758
"Mother Shiro''

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29.@rebeccawambui7510
"Yeeey aki ukweli."
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"Yes, it's true".

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30. @bernardwanjohi7201
"🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀"

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31.@chrispinuswafula3029
"Hahahaha mother Shiroooo"

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32. @danniarscott3233
"That’s hilarious 😂"

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33.@lorrdolly
"And it remains murder shiro forever...... Takes me back to F2 jam sessions in the afternoon"

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34.@rossitahwayua9171
"Hata Leo ni mada shiroooo..lol"
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"Even today it is mada shirooo lol"

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35. @mosebrownie4013
"I think Jamaican song rock in kenya than Jamaica yenyewe😁 mother shiroo
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"Yenyewe" = itself
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My interpretation of that comment (as an African American who doesn't speak Swahili) is "I think the Kenyan version with the words "Mother Shiroo" rocks (is better) than the Jamaican song with the words "Murder she wrote".
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36. @nancywanjiru820
"Hehehehhe gosh tumetoka mbali, I rem my uncle told me it's murder shiro"
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"tumetoka mbali" = we have come a long way.

"rem" = a non-standard short form of the English word "remember".

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37.@kendykellis8715
"Mother Shiro waaaah"
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"waaaah" a sound like you're laughing so hard you are crying.

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38.@felixkhale
"Nigerians too.😭😭😂😂"

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39.@ndimoowawangari9875
"Mother cirû"

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40. @mitcheallchikowore2447
"😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I'm not from Kenya  also I used to sing
medha Shiroo 🇿🇼🇿🇼
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"Zw" =Zimbabwe

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41.@benabena1908
"The first reggae song that I knew."

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42. @drakeweru9505
"The accuracy 🤣🤣"

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43. @abietrue404
"lol"

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44. @husseinjuma3126
"Mayo shiro🤣🤣🤣"

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45.@loisemuhia8130
"Present"

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46. @shanzie593
"Lmao"

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47. @candicetshuma5954
"Even Zimbabweans 😂😂😂"

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48. @LoftusBlake
"pete snow  Nigerians understand Jamaican Patios right?"

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49. @faithwahomedon3158
"Alex Wambua  we umeharibu 😂😂"
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"we umeharibu" = "you have ruined it "

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50.@asiyyahmullen8777
"Merdashiro 🤣"

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51. @essiechege3710
"Manda shiro"

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52. @aminamakokha2761
"Leo ushamba umetoka after 40 yrs 😂😂😂😂nitaambia nini watu"
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"Today the farm has come out after 40 yrs 😂😂😂😂 what am I going to tell people"
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I'm not sure what this comment means, but I think the commenter is asking how does he tell people in his village that what they think this song means isn't what it really means.

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53. @lucyreigns836
"😂😂😂😂😂😂 cheza chini  murder shiro"
"cheza chini"= "play down"

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54. @fatimaabdallah2408
"Murder shiro milele 😂"
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"Murder shiro forever"

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55.@TanDaGodDiva
"Hello muderrrrr shhhhhiiiroooo"

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56. @TanDaGodDiva
"Muderrrrr Shiiiroooo!!!!"

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57.@saradubai6974
"Yeah I grew up knowing it was "mother shiro" I didn't know it was,
"murder she wrote" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂so funny n fool of me!"

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58.@lizk2643
"my little sis.. still call her murder shiro"

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59.@motherofanangel1143
"Lmaooooo"

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60.@Radiocity256
"ndio mama shiroo"
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"yes, mama shiroo"

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61.@reecemwongeli2698
"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣kumbe si mimi pekee nilikua na hii umbwakin ya mother shiro"
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"but I'm not the only one who grew up with this mother shiro umwakin"

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62. @kylielinae
"It's still "mother Shiro" and "no woman no cry" not "no woman don't cry" Wakenya tuko everywhere"
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"Wakenya tuko everywhere" = "We are Kenyans everywhere."

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63. @manni2723
"Mother Shiro"

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64.@avrilhernandez4635
"Not Kenyan, but Caribbean 🇩🇴 and I grew singing the same thing 🤣"

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65.@Just_Tracy
"yesss nilifanya kitu kimoja i use to say "muder shiro"

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"yesss I did the same thing i use to say "muder shiro"

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66.@yumnathomas6591
"😭😭😭#epic!!!!😂😂😂🖤❤"

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67.@katusiimeevelyne5445, 2020
"Here in Uganda we still play this song in bars as though it was released yesterday 🤗😂😂"

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68. @Ankunda717, 2020
"Its an everyday song hahaha"

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69.@Youngxfatal93, 2020
"All day everyydayy 💯"

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70. @orikirizacharliebrown3912, 2020
"Me I could sing it like, mother shiro🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 shame di me"

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71. @WallySheccid, 2020
"Du yu nou de way mai brudah?"
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My guess is that this question "Do you know the way my brother?" means "Do you know the correct words for this song, my brother?"

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72, @orikirizacharliebrown3912, 2020

"Wally Mendoza  na  tell me"

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73. @sarahkukiriza6174, 2021
"@Orikiriza Charlie Brown  ur not alone..me I shouted imara shiro  in 90s until when 
  I got the lyrics in a newspaper. I nearly fainted laughing."

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74. @orikirizacharliebrown3912, 2021
"Sarah Kukiriza  omg 🤔🤔😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

😂😂😂😂😂😂"

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75.  @sarahkukiriza6174, 2021
"Orikiriza Charlie Brown  I even told  the story to my kids .even if u rewind it 10 tyms
u would still hear the same lyrics and fits right.  Ooh those days are good to remember"

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76. @orikirizacharliebrown3912,2021

"Sarah Kukiriza  your just funny🤣🤣🤣🤣"

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@sheriekasirye1321, 2021
"I remember in 90's our yrs this song would be played many times but no one would be
able to sing the real lyrics.

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@ivelocairfa9872, 2021
" Orikiriza Charlie Brown  🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🥰, we use to sing the same in Kenya. 
We had girls name shiro ( short form of wanjiru) and they would be pissed off. I remember those sweet days walai."

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Jamaican Children's Ring Game: Twenty Four Bounces (video, words, & performance directions)

Uploaded by ochoriostube on Jun 13, 2009

 "She can do the 24 boxes, up and down the 24 boxes".
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Based on the information that I've read about this game, the word "boxes" in that summary should be "bounces".

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Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest Update - September 15, 2022

This pancocojams post showcases the Jamaican ring game [circle game] that is titled "24 Bounces."

The content of this post is presented for cultural, recreational purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are featured in this video. Thanks also to commenter Ms. W who shared her memory of playing this game in the comment section for another one of my Google blogs.
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This video is featured in my Zumulayah blog. It was first titled "Twenty Four Boxes". That title was based on the publisher's caption that was given for this video: "She can do the 24 boxes, up and down the 24 boxes".  However, On April 11, 2021 I read a comment from Ms. W who remembers playing this game and believes the game is "Twenty four Bounces" and not "Boxes". I've therefore changed the title of this post. Ms. W also shared that there was a Jamaican song called "24 Bounces" and provided this link to that Dancehall song  https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=pqH-1iwMvf8&ab_channel=CircleSound  Bramma - "24 Bounces" (Winnings Riddim Nov.2010 prod. by Di Genius).

There was also a very popular Jamaican Dancehall dance called "The Willie Bounce". The Willie Bounce is included in this 2014 YouTube video of popular Dancehall dances: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emT6teS9S6o&ab_channel=danceja 
"22 BOGLE STEPS (Authentic Dancehall)" LATONYA STYLE demonstrates Dancehall Steps created by the legendary Gerald "Bogle" Levy aka Mr. Wacky (The Man, The History and The Dance)

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SONG LYRICS - 24 BOUNCES
There she* goes around the ring
Around the ring
Around the ring
And if you see her way over yonder
Tell her you love her
And give her 24 bounces
She can do the 24 bounces
Up and down the 24 bounces

*Change to he [him] when a boy is the middle person.
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PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION
Here's the performance description for 24 bounces.

The group forms a wide circle [also called "the ring"].

One person is selected to stand in the middle of the circle.

The people forming the circle begin singing while standing in place. They may also clap in time to the song’s beat.

The middle person doesn't sing, but runs or walks around the inside of the circle .

At a specific point in the song, the middle person stands in front of someone who, presumably, he or she randomly picks.

The middle person then does some type of movement which the person she or he is standing in front of has to exactly mimic.*

After this action [or after doing this two times], the middle person exchanges places with the person in the middle, and becomes the new middle person.
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Alternately, in this Jamaican "24 bounces" game, the foot movements that the middle person and the foot movements of the person she (or he) selects.

I wonder if the Jamaican game "24 bounces" is a survival of or adaptation of Ghana's Ampe game. Here's information about that game:
from https://www.ottiya.com/magazine/2/playing-and-learning-through-rhythm-and-song-in-ghana/ Playing and Learning through Rhythm and Song in Ghana; June 2, 2019 
by Yaba Haffar 

"Ampe

Ubiquitous in the country and played mostly by girls, Ampe is a game of jumping, clapping, and probability, played by two individuals or more, or two teams of an equal number of players. The game is said to have been around for at least two centuries, but its exact history is obscure. The basics of the game are as follows:

Two individuals decide to either represent the ‘same leg’ team or the ‘opposing leg’ team

The two players face each other and clap in unison twice.

Upon the second clap, both players simultaneously jump up twice. Keeping with the rhythm is essential.

On the second landing of the second jump, each player is required to ‘play a leg’, that is, select and put forward either their left or right leg.

If the legs put forward align together (for example, player A’s right foot to player B’s left), the ‘same leg team scores a point; if the legs do not align (for example, player A’s right foot to player B’s right), the ‘opposing leg’ team

This process goes on for as long as agreed from the rules set at the outset of the game by all parties. The winner or winning team then celebrate in style – often with a special combination of song, dance and sometimes friendly taunting of the losers! Ampe can be more complex, extensive, and stylistically played based on the number and personalities of the players involved. In Ampe, every player must contribute to the game. It requires teamwork and good rhythm and serves as a great form of exercise for the young and young at heart."...

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ADDED Sept. 15, 2022
Here's another description of the Jamaica children's game 24 Bounces that I found on this website: https://www.my-island-jamaica.com/jamaican_ring_games.html  Ten Timeless Jamaican Ring Games

"5) Twenty Four (24) Bounces

Bring your dancing shoes because in this lively game the participants get a chance to show off their dancing skills.

The song talks about a girl/boy from over yonder who impresses everyone with his/her ability to do the 24 bounces.

At this point the girl/boy chooses a dancing partner and begins to dance. The lead singer challenges the dancer by complicating the dance e.g. way down low, side by side, back to back, foot to foot and so on.

The dance partner then takes over and the bounces continue. Soon you’ll be doing the 24 bounces too… that is if you don’t have two left feet."

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What The Jamaican Word "Weddy" ("Weh Di") REALLY Means

L Roach, May 28, 2006

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Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest revision: title change 

This pancocojams post showcases a YouTube video of the January 1, 2005 hit dancehall song "Weh Di Time" by Bogle featuring Delly Ranks & Voicemail.

The lyrics to this song are included in this post along with some notes about various words that are part of those lyrics.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, linguistics, and entertainment purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Bogle for his cultural legacy. Thanks also to Delly Ranks & Voicemail for their music and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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This song is also featured in this pancocojams post http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/02/what-jiggy-means-where-that-word-really.html  "What "Jiggy" Means & Where That Word REALLY Came From".

That post focuses on the term "jiggy", but also includes some information about the word "weddy" . That informationabout "weddy" is quoted in this Oct 2020 pancocojams post.

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LYRICS: WEH DI TIME
[composer/s Bogle, Delly Ranks, and Voicemail]  

[Intro: Bogle a.k.a. Mr. Wacky]

A LIE
Mr. Wacky this keepin' it jiggy with Delly and Voice Mail
Dem fi know that Boyzie
Eeeeeeeh? A lie!
Dem seh wow but a we but we tell dem
Don't ask somebody, ask everybody
Don't spill yuh guts, spill it out
Eeeeeeh?
We don't tek press...we judge we own concept

[Chorus: Voicemail]

It's a Jiggy time again
Jiggy Jiggy Jiggy Jiggy
A Jiggy time again
Aaaaaa lie
It's a weddy time again
Weddy weddy weddy weddy
A Weddy time again

[Verse 1: VoiceMail]
Bus di place, bus di place
Everybody unnu jus bus di place
Aaaright
Bus di place, bus di place
Follow Mr. Wacky and jus bus di place
Summer bounce, summer bounce
Follow Bwoyzie and do di summer bounce
Walk wid di bounce, walk wid di bounce
Follow Bogle and walk wid di bounce
Walk wid di bounce, walk wid di bounce
Watch Bwoyzie a walk wid di bounce

[Verse 2: Delly Ranks]

Dem a fan dem a off and a box dem off
Dem a telephone we a fax dem off
Dem a call dung di rain pon di gal dem
Dem a lightening and thunder di gal dem
Get Jiggy gal, get jiggy gal, get Jiggy gal, get Jiggy gal
Weddy weddy weddy weddy weddy weddy gal
Mi ready when you ready when you ready when you ready gal
Weddy weddy weddy weddy weddy weddy gal
Mi ready when you ready when you ready when you ready gal

 [Repeat Chorus]

 [Verse 3: Bogle]
After I tell dem don't spill dem guts, spell it
I give dem the place to run an dem can't run it
Hear dis, Heh Bogle, a lie, Eeeeeeh a lie
Afta mi tell dem seh a the best a dem
Dem mek mi affi tell dem seh a the worse a dem deh
All dem deh a weh all dem deh did deh, Eeeeeeh
Don't spill you guts spell it out, a lie
One ting wid we, we don't tek press
We judge we own concept
Afta I seh I gwaan kill dem softly
Right now dem mek mi affi flap dem back oh so badly
Eeeeeeh, a lie
A Missa Wacky dis keepin' it jiggy

 [Verse 4: VoiceMail]
Alright
Shankle dip, Shankle dip
Everybody watch Ice shankle dip
Shankle dip Shankle dip
Falla Missa Wacky and do shankle dip
Alright!
Walk wid di dip, walk wid di dip
Walk wid di dip
Everybody unnu walk wid dip
Walk wid di dip walk wid di dip
Falla Bogle walk wid di dip

[Verse 5: Delly Ranks]
Alright!
New style, new style
Style a style, and a style can't spoil
New style, new style
Watch Craigy dread him a do di new style

[Verse 6: Voicemail]
Alright!
Badda dabce badda dance
Falla Ding Dong do di badda dance
Badda dance badda dance
Missa Wacky him a do di badda dance

Missa Wacky him a do di badda dance
Inna you face Inna you face
Falla Bwoyzie and buss di place
Inna you face Inna you face
Watch Ice how him a done di place

[Repeat Chorus: (2x)]

online source:  https://genius.com/Voice-mail-weh-di-time-lyrics

Here's other information from that website:
"Song- Weh Di Time

artists -Voice mail Featuring Delly Ranx & Bogle

Release Date: January 1, 2005

Album: Ragga Ragga Ragga 2005"
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Note that "Mr Wacky" is another stage name for Bogle (Gerald Levy, born August 22, 1964 – died January 20,  2005).  

Here's some information about this Jamaican dance icon
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogle_(dancer) 
"Bogle (22 August 1964 – 20 January 2005), born Gerald Levy, and also known as Bogle Dancer, Mr Bogle, Father Bogle, and Mr Wacky, was a Jamaican dancehall star, dancer and choreographer. Beenie Man called Bogle "the greatest dancer of all time"[1] and he is recognised as "part of the foundation and as an icon inside of dancehall culture."[2] Bogle created more dancehall moves than any other figure, he is best known for creating the Bogle dance which is named after him.[3] His stage name, Bogle, is a reference to Paul Bogle a National Hero of Jamaica."
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Here's information about Paul Bogle 
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bogle
"Paul Bogle (1820 – 24 October 1865)[2] was a Jamaican Baptist deacon and activist. He is a National Hero of Jamaica. He was a leader of the 1865 Morant Bay protesters, who marched for justice and fair treatment for all the people in Jamaica. After leading the Morant Bay rebellion, Bogle was captured by government troops, tried and convicted by British authorities under martial law, and hanged on 24 October 1865 in the Morant Bay court house.[3]"...

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COMMENTARY ABOUT THE SONG "WEH DI TIME"
Read the lyrics that are given above for the hook for the song "Weh Di Time".
The hook basically is saying that those who think they know anything about (Jamaican dancehall dancer Bogle) are lying (about what they know). Furthermore, (the hook states), it's weh di time (it's time) for Bogle and his crew to speak for themselves and judge themselves, rather than accepting what other people's statements about and judgements of themselves.

The verses to this song also continue this position and exhorts people to get "jiggy" (to really party; "to get crunk"). I believe that most if not all of the dances that are mentioned by name in these verses are dances that Bogle (Mr. Wacky) created.

"Get jiggy" means "(to) party", and especially "to party hardy". "To party" and "to party hardy" have the African American Vernacular English meaning "to really party, to enjoy yourselve dancing and socializing at a house party, (night) club, and/or at another social gathering or social event."

The word "crunk" was created from combining the words "crazy" and "drunk", and means taking partying to a new and wild level.

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WHAT "WEDDY" MEANS IN THE SONG "WEH DI TIME"
The word "weddy" in the Dancehall song "Weh Di Time" is meant to remind people of (or to evoke) the similarly pronounced English word "ready". However, "weddy" doesn't have the same meaning as "ready".  

I believe that the word "weddy" in this song is another way of writing "weh di" (i.e. the song's title "Weh Di Time" ("Where is the time".) Furthermore, I believe that "Where is the time" actually means "Now is the time". Notice that there is no question mark in the title "Weh Di Time". 

"Weddy weddy" is the name of a Jamaican Dancehall dance. I haven't found any online documentation of that dance before the "Weh Di Time" record. The "weddy weddy" dance may have been created because of that term's inclusion in this song and subsequently became an signal and evocation for people to do that dance. 

"Weddy Weddy" (also known as "Weddy Weddy Wednesdays") are Jamaican entertainment events which provide a platform for Dancehall performers to showcase their songs and Dancehall fans to "get their dance on".  My guess is that the name "Weddy Weddy" was given to that event because of Bogle, Delly Ranks, and Voicemail's hit song "Weh Di Time". Here's some information about "Weddy Weddy" [events] from http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/weddy-weddy-comes-of-age_171240?profile=1120  "Weddy Weddy Comes Of Age" 
By Howard Campbell, Wednesday, July 31, 2019   
"Considered by some dancehall pundits as the genre's godfather, Winston “Wee Pow” Powell celebrates another milestone this evening with 15 years of Weddy Weddy, the weekly dance that has helped expose upcoming artistes and sound system selectors.

The event takes place at Stone Love headquarters, Burlington Avenue in Kingston, where Weddy Weddy's first songs were played in 2005."...
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Because of government restrictions due to Covid-19, "Weddy Weddy Wednesdays" events were moved to Thursday. 
From http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/entertainment/20200813/mckenzie-drops-hammer-entertainment-weddy-uptown-mondays-pick-new "McKenzie Drops The Hammer On Entertainment - Weddy, Uptown Mondays Pick New Days"
by Yasmine Peru, August 13, 2020, 
..."At least two promoters of weekly dances, whose events have been sidelined by the recently announced guidelines, are now preparing to shift into a new gear and make the best of the situation. Winston ‘Wee Pow’ Powell, promoter of the 16-year staple on the weekly calendar, Weddy Weddy Wednesdays, and Whitfield ‘Witty’ Henry of uber popular start-of-the-week party, Uptown Mondays, say they have no choice but to choose another day - Thursdays for Weddy Wednesdays and Fridays for Uptown Mondays. Both events are caught in the net of Mondays to Wednesdays, the days when entertainment activities cannot be staged. Powell and Henry told The Gleaner that their events are fully compliant.

 “Bwoy, this is rough, but we have to survive. We did everything according to the book, and followed all the protocols, but now we are the ones who are being made to suffer. I know that there are other promoters who have their event on a Thursday and I really don’t want to run in on their day. But at this point I don’t have much of a choice,” Powell shared with The Gleaner. “As soon as the new rules come into effect, the Weddy Weddy Wednesday will be staged on a Thursday, same place at Stone Love HQ.”...

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Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emT6teS9S6o&ab_channel=danceja for a 2014 YouTube video that shows Jamaican dancer LaTonya Styles demonstrating how to do the 
weddy weddy dance and twenty-one other Dancehall dance steps that were created by Bogle (aka Mr. Wackie). 

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